As the Commonwealth Games return to Scotland, Ronnie MacLennan Baird recalls his controversial appointment as a Technical Aide at the 1986 regatta.
As England once again try to escape the group stage of the World Cup, Robert Taylor casts his mind back 40 years to the last time Mexico hosted the tournament, and Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ incident.
When simply being Jewish is a provocation.
As this year’s Winter Olympics draws to a close, Becky Clark offers some tips to boost future engagement.
Emigre writers tell us about the gifts they wish would just stop giving. *UPDATED SPORADICALLY FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH TO DECEMBER 24*
“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.
An extract from Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration, out this week in paperback.
Aug Stone returns to the music scene with a new single.
A partial list for after Evensong.
Homeless actors, breeding programmes, Humpty-Dumpty, and anxious readers. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.
Philip Ardagh on a memorable evening spent in the company of the late spy chief.
All measurements given in miles (mi) for public convenience.
Ronnie MacLennan Baird watches the world go by.
An outtake from Thomia: The Entangled Histories of Lanka & Her Greatest Public School, out today.
Benjamin Boutwood, ‘Afternoon’
Lists
Emigre writers tell us about the gifts they wish would just stop giving. *UPDATED SPORADICALLY FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH TO DECEMBER 24*
A partial list for after Evensong.
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Homeless actors, breeding programmes, Humpty-Dumpty, and anxious readers. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.
Elephant tans, Emma Thompson, kumquats, and Milan Kundera. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.
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MEMOIR
As the Commonwealth Games return to Scotland, Ronnie MacLennan Baird recalls his controversial appointment as a Technical Aide at the 1986 regatta.
As England once again try to escape the group stage of the World Cup, Robert Taylor casts his mind back 40 years to the last time Mexico hosted the tournament, and Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ incident.
“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.
Philip Ardagh on a memorable evening spent in the company of the late spy chief.
POETRY
‘The gall sprawls like a thought bubble coming out of the acorn head.’ A new poem by Nathan Koblintz.
A new poem by Jon Courtenay Grimwood.
Finishing the novel at take-off; For two marks.
‘Gaft’; ‘Riemann’s ladder’; ‘Cara whispers at night to Erik in bedstink—’; ‘Three sour tales’: four poems by David Oyston.
THE EMIGRE PODCAST
Dominic Hilton reads his essay URBAN JUNGLE on a torrid summer in the city of Buenos Aires.
Two friends - one living in Argentina, the other in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - come together to discuss… the weather. With Dominic Hilton in Buenos Aires and ASH Smyth in Port Stanley.
One year on from Diego Maradona's death, Dominic Hilton describes the scenes in Buenos Aires. Chris Bullivant reflects on getting vaccinated in Charlottesville. And journalist David Sachs provides his first impressions of public transport in Barcelona, Spain.
Is it time to privatize the royal family? What is the H-Bomb? And are robots already taking over our jobs? Dominic Hilton in Buenos Aires, and Chris Bullivant in Charlottesville, VA discuss the latest content on The Emigre.
CONTRIBUTORS
As the Commonwealth Games return to Scotland, Ronnie MacLennan Baird recalls his controversial appointment as a Technical Aide at the 1986 regatta.
As England once again try to escape the group stage of the World Cup, Robert Taylor casts his mind back 40 years to the last time Mexico hosted the tournament, and Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ incident.
When simply being Jewish is a provocation.
As this year’s Winter Olympics draws to a close, Becky Clark offers some tips to boost future engagement.
Emigre writers tell us about the gifts they wish would just stop giving. *UPDATED SPORADICALLY FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH TO DECEMBER 24*
“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.
An extract from Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration, out this week in paperback.
Aug Stone returns to the music scene with a new single.
A partial list for after Evensong.
Philip Ardagh on a memorable evening spent in the company of the late spy chief.
All measurements given in miles (mi) for public convenience.
Ronnie MacLennan Baird watches the world go by.
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