ASH Smyth 2/22/23 ASH Smyth 2/22/23

News At A Glance #34

Gollum, Whoopi Goldberg, penguins, and dentistry. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.

ASH Smyth 2/12/23 ASH Smyth 2/12/23

News At A Glance #33

Bavarian royals, Dracula, The Godfather, and Gridiron. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.

Jack Shamash 2/9/23 Jack Shamash 2/9/23

The Haçienda Was Just a Club

Jack Shamash laments yet another article about the Haçienda Club (by writing yet another article about the Haçienda Club).

Dominic Hilton 2/7/23 Dominic Hilton 2/7/23

Banksy in Buenos Aires

“Call me a philistine, but I like art most when it’s good.” Dominic Hilton and friends visit a Banksy exhibition.

ASH Smyth 1/27/23 ASH Smyth 1/27/23

News At A Glance #32

Denzel Washington, fat cells, playful males, and Uruguayan politicians. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.

Boris Starling 1/27/23 Boris Starling 1/27/23

Classically Understated

On Holocaust Memorial Day, Boris Starling recalls a much-revered (and feared) school teacher.

Stewart Home 1/22/23 Stewart Home 1/22/23

Spotify Sundays: Stewart Home on BDSM and Art School Orgies

Prolific London writer-publisher Stewart Home presents a fetish-themed playlist to accompany his latest novel, Art School Orgy.

Richard Simon 1/18/23 Richard Simon 1/18/23

The Guitarists’ Guitarists’ Guitarist

“The sound that flowed out of the cans was like nothing I’d ever heard before. I thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world.” Richard Simon pays tribute to his hero, the late great Jeff Beck.

David Smith 12/24/22 David Smith 12/24/22

The Royal Deafness

In their deafness, the Royal Family missed a precious opportunity with Meghan Markle, says David Smith.

David Smith 12/17/22 David Smith 12/17/22

Leo Messi: The Nation’s Playmaker

Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, touches the raw, national nerve of failure and transforms it into the triumph that Argentina so desperately seeks.

ASH Smyth 12/16/22 ASH Smyth 12/16/22

News At A Glance #31

Matthew McConaughey, Ted Hughes, pork pies, and Tristram Shandy. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.

James Morrison 12/12/22 James Morrison 12/12/22

The A.I. is Not Wrong: Five Poems by James Morrison (and—he would like it to be stressed—OpenAI)

On losing the elastication in one’s trousers / Death by Vegemite poisoning / Some lost Shakespearean sexiness / An awful book cover / A poem about having one or more bar stools up my bum

David Smith 12/5/22 David Smith 12/5/22

World Cup activism? Whateva, but…

The activism that so nearly disrupted the 1978 World Cup Final between Argentina and the Netherlands can help us better handle Qatar 2022, says David Smith.