Dominic Hilton 7/21/24 Dominic Hilton 7/21/24

[pause for applause]

A masterclass in speech-making, by the Best Man. In the World.

Seth Burkett 7/14/24 Seth Burkett 7/14/24

Spotify Sundays: Seth Burkett on a Footballing Life

Can England beat Spain in the Euros final? Seth Burkett takes soundings from a personal history of footballing optimism.

Nicholas Lezard 7/12/24 Nicholas Lezard 7/12/24

Soul Limbo

As they capitulate to England once again at Lord's, Nicholas Lezard asks whatever happened to West Indies cricket.

Becky Clark 7/11/24 Becky Clark 7/11/24

The Driver in Lima

The traffic jam, like his ambition, is endless.

Seth Burkett 7/9/24 Seth Burkett 7/9/24

Teardrop Titans

As England hang on by their fingernails at Euro 2024, Seth Burkett looks back at a rather different type of international football: his season as a pro footballer in Sri Lanka.

Daniel Sturniolo 6/23/24 Daniel Sturniolo 6/23/24

If I Still Exist

Original art by Daniel Sturniolo.

ASH Smyth 5/19/24 ASH Smyth 5/19/24

Every VHS Tape I Have Owned

From Aladdin to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Aug Stone 4/29/24 Aug Stone 4/29/24

Apple Music Mondays: Hairy Beasts Playlist

A playlist by Aug Stone, inspired by his new collection of stories, Sporting Moustaches.

Jessica Wärnberg 4/22/24 Jessica Wärnberg 4/22/24

A Tale of Two Cities: Rome and the Vatican

An extract from City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, its Popes, and its People by Jessica Wärnberg.

Nathan Koblintz 4/6/24 Nathan Koblintz 4/6/24

Two Poems by Nathan Koblintz

Finishing the novel at take-off; For two marks.

Aug Stone 3/31/24 Aug Stone 3/31/24

First & Mane

A bristly story by Aug Stone, from his new collection, Sporting Moustaches.

Peter Foggitt 3/28/24 Peter Foggitt 3/28/24

Oeueuestrue Fact!

An eggsplanation of the festival of Easter.

Becky Clark 3/24/24 Becky Clark 3/24/24

Ice, Ice, Maybe: A Grey Glacier Diary

Wet feet, pisco sours, and the wonders of nature in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

Alexander Larman 3/17/24 Alexander Larman 3/17/24

Power and Glory

How It Started… How It's Going. Alexander Larman writes his way into a trilogy about the Windsor family.

David Oyston 3/14/24 David Oyston 3/14/24

Four Poems by David Oyston

‘Gaft’; ‘Riemann’s ladder’; ‘Cara whispers at night to Erik in bedstink—’; ‘Three sour tales’: four poems by David Oyston.

Pete Langman 3/10/24 Pete Langman 3/10/24

There’s Something About Mary & George

Pete Langman raises an eyebrow at Sky’s sexy TV ‘history’ antics.

Josa Keyes 3/8/24 Josa Keyes 3/8/24

Do Not Go Dowdy

A poem for International Women’s Day by Josa Keyes.

Matt Gallagher 2/20/24 Matt Gallagher 2/20/24

Daybreak

An extract from Daybreak, the brand new novel by Matt Gallagher.

Peter Foggitt 2/17/24 Peter Foggitt 2/17/24

A Bold New Future for the Arts in the UK

“Our highly-trained cormorant chorus represents the very best of Brexit Britain.”

Calo Baba 2/14/24 Calo Baba 2/14/24

My Unconscious Biases

Sentences from my new book flagged for correction by the Inclusiveness Editor in Microsoft Word. (With suggested corrections.)