Joel Rapp 9/30/23 Joel Rapp 9/30/23

Bizarre Finnish pizzas I've tried lately, in reverse order of how pleasant the surprise was (with tasting notes)

Strawberry, reindeer, trout + more.

ASH Smyth 9/29/23 ASH Smyth 9/29/23

So. Many. Questions.

My 5-year-old embarks on her 'Neruda phase’.

ASH Smyth 9/27/23 ASH Smyth 9/27/23

Post-Millennial Observances

In celebration of the Meskel festival, ASH Smyth recalls his trip to Ethiopia’s Camelot, some 16 years ago.

Chris Bullivant 9/27/23 Chris Bullivant 9/27/23

What I Watched on TV This Summer

Injured and opioid-high reviews of Silo, Foundation, Mary Poppins, Invasion, Annie, The Batman, Wonder Woman 1984, and Batman.

Josa Keyes 9/25/23 Josa Keyes 9/25/23

Three Poems by Josa Keyes

‘Mothering’; ‘A celestial catfish prefigures the behaviour of men on dating apps’; ‘In the British Museum’: three poems by Josa Keyes.

Anonymous 9/25/23 Anonymous 9/25/23

Just some of the books I found by searching for ‘medieval’ in the Oxfam online shop last week, during a work call—in ascending order of price

From masturbation and monsters to floor tiles and marriage sermons.

The Emigre 9/8/23 The Emigre 9/8/23

‘Much Shuckstack, Sheffield’

Arriving in France for the rugby World Cup, Dan Biggar gives a speech in the style of Samuel Beckett.

ASH Smyth 9/6/23 ASH Smyth 9/6/23

Wilko, out—52 branches of the discount homewares store slated to close next week

From Brownhills to Winsford, plus many more.

ASH Smyth 8/30/23 ASH Smyth 8/30/23

Bertrand Russell Wishes You A Happy Marriage

Alpha and beta’s union is the set of all sets with exactly two elements.

David Smith 8/28/23 David Smith 8/28/23

History-Making: The Trump Way

America has travelled to yet another new, if truly sad frontier, says former White House Correspondent, David Smith.

ASH Smyth 8/1/23 ASH Smyth 8/1/23

News At A Glance #39

Elephant tans, Emma Thompson, kumquats, and Milan Kundera. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.

Leah Sax 7/23/23 Leah Sax 7/23/23

Spotify Sundays: Travelling, Costumes and Tunes with Leah Sax

This week, an illustrated playlist compiled by a musician who is more comfortable on the stage than off it.

ASH Smyth 6/30/23 ASH Smyth 6/30/23

The Forgotten Irishman

ASH Smyth remembers Conor O Brien: apostrophe-hater, architect, mountaineer, boat-builder, writer, IRA gun-runner and officer of the Royal Navy.

Nicholas Lezard 6/20/23 Nicholas Lezard 6/20/23

Slapstick and Ashes

Farce and comedy are never far away during even the most modest game of cricket, explains Nicholas Lezard.

The Emigre 6/19/23 The Emigre 6/19/23

The Alba-gloss—Or; We Read THE ANCIENT MARINER, So You Don’t Have To

For World Albatross Day, The Emigre reports from somewhere towards the South Pole…

ASH Smyth 6/18/23 ASH Smyth 6/18/23

All the words in Michael Chabon's GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD I had to look up (not incl. placenames—kind of—or the Afterword)

From myna and shatranj to Chorpan and termagant.

ChatGPT 5/30/23 ChatGPT 5/30/23

The Anatomical Doll

ChatGPT writes a poem celebrating doll-faced River Plate legend Marcelo Gallardo and his iconic tackle.

Howard Male 5/27/23 Howard Male 5/27/23

Album of the Year

Howard Male is 99% certain nothing else as intricately immersive and moving as Villagers by Califone will come along in the next seven months.

Richard Simon 5/27/23 Richard Simon 5/27/23

The Amis Effect: A Fan Piece

Martin Amis was someone I thought of as a kind of elder sibling, hero, avatar, even scapegoat.

ASH Smyth 5/17/23 ASH Smyth 5/17/23

News At A Glance #38

Ankles, armpits, Uberlandia, and King Harald the Fine-Hair. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.