Twelve Sinhala Sayings Rendered into English
ඉබි පිහාටු : Nathan Koblintz indulges in the proverbial.
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.
Apple Music Mondays: Hairy Beasts Playlist
A playlist by Aug Stone, inspired by his new collection of stories, Sporting Moustaches.
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.
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.
Bizarre Finnish pizzas I've tried lately, in reverse order of how pleasant the surprise was (with tasting notes)
Strawberry, reindeer, trout + more.
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.
Wilko, out—52 branches of the discount homewares store slated to close next week
From Brownhills to Winsford, plus many more.
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.
All the places in Buenos Aires I have eaten tostados de jamón y queso in the past fortnight
From bares notables to the backseat of a girlfriend’s car.
Wines I didn't drink last year while up the Hilary (in ascending order of regret)
From Sainsbury’s Côtes du Rhône to Olivier Leflaire Puligny-Montrachet Enseignères.
All the books in the library of the Concordia Bay ferry from East to West Falkland (and vice versa), as at 25.3.23
From Confessions of an Opium-Eater to The Complete Vegetable Grower.