Total Whiteout
ASH Smyth talks to RS Burnett about his Antarctic thriller debut, and the long road to publication.
On Will-fullness
Why are we so desperate to believe that William Shakespeare wasn’t William Shakespeare?
Where Was I?
Martin Rowson on the original unfilmable (and indeed unreadable) ‘anti-novel’, Tristram Shandy.
How To Make People Like You In 90 Seconds... and Hate You Forever
How to push for more, beam more… or just carry on being your cheese-eating self.
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.
Apple Music Mondays: Hairy Beasts Playlist
A playlist by Aug Stone, inspired by his new collection of stories, Sporting Moustaches.
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.
Power and Glory
How It Started… How It's Going. Alexander Larman writes his way into a trilogy about the Windsor family.
My Unconscious Biases
Sentences from my new book flagged for correction by the Inclusiveness Editor in Microsoft Word. (With suggested corrections.)
Peruvenirs
Full inventory of souvenirs and other purchases from my trip to Lima and environs, last December.
Blue Is The New Plaque
On the sanctity of Britain’s blue plaque scheme—and the delightful hoaxes it inspires.
All I Want for Christmas is... Books!
UPDATED DAILY from December 1 through to December 24, Emigre writers on the books they would be happy to receive for Christmas.
Remember Me
An extract from Remember Me by Charity Norman, winner of the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel.
The Double Afterlife of Maali Almeida
How Shehan Karunatilaka’s Chats with the Dead became Booker Prize winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
