Dominic Hilton is a writer, currently living in Buenos Aires.
His comic essays and vignettes have been published in newspapers and magazines across the world, including The Telegraph, The Critic, Toronto Star, Daily Express, LA Times, El País, Perspective and Erotic Review, and he has made a complete fool of himself on podcasts, radio and TV.
He can be found on Instagram as dominichiltonwords.
“The riot police started firing tear gas from their guns.” Dominic Hilton remembers an ill-fated city break he took to Santiago, a few weeks before the start of the global pandemic.
On their 10th wedding anniversary, Dominic Hilton dusts off his roast wedding speech for fellow Emigre editor ASH Smyth and his bride.
A masterclass in speech-making, by the Best Man. In the World.
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dominic Hilton recalls his giddy days in “Camelot”.
Full transcript of four speeches made by the hastily-appointed Toastmaster at the Annual Oxford and Cambridge Universities Dinner at the Residence of the British Ambassador to Argentina, on Thursday October 5th 2023.
Dominic Hilton is stunned to discover that not everyone shares his reverence for Charlotte Wells’ acclaimed debut film.
From bares notables to the backseat of a girlfriend’s car.
“Call me a philistine, but I like art most when it’s good.” Dominic Hilton and friends visit a Banksy exhibition.
Thunderstorms, tapping out, and The Crown. The Queen’s death hit different in Buenos Aires, writes Dominic Hilton.
As grieving Britain plunges head first down a vortex of nostalgia, Dominic Hilton suffers an acid flashback to the time he met those other apparently-immortal national treasures… The Beatles.
At wintertime, Dominic Hilton finds himself at a loss in Buenos Aires.
From Buenos Aires, Dominic Hilton on escaping the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Dominic Hilton on the perils of his lifelong addiction to note-taking.
Ice baths and power cuts: Dominic Hilton endures a torrid summer in the city of Buenos Aires.
Hiding in Buenos Aires, on the first anniversary of the death of Diego Maradona.
“You know perfectly well,” I whispered in her ear, “that no one who wears shoes like that ever went to Harvard.”
Who is Jack Ma? And how can I too own an e-commerce company with total assets of US$257.978 billion?
On the bustling streets of Buenos Aires, Dominic Hilton is surprised by a stalker.
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