What I Watched on TV This Summer
Injured and opioid-high reviews of Silo, Foundation, Mary Poppins, Invasion, Annie, The Batman, Wonder Woman 1984, and Batman.
Three Poems by Josa Keyes
‘Mothering’; ‘A celestial catfish prefigures the behaviour of men on dating apps’; ‘In the British Museum’: three poems by Josa Keyes.
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.
Insanetiago
On the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup in Chile, Dominic Hilton remembers an ill-fated city break he took to Santiago a few weeks before the start of the global pandemic.
‘Much Shuckstack, Sheffield’
Arriving in France for the rugby World Cup, Dan Biggar gives a speech in the style of Samuel Beckett.
Wilko, out—52 branches of the discount homewares store slated to close next week
From Brownhills to Winsford, plus many more.
Bertrand Russell Wishes You A Happy Marriage
Alpha and beta’s union is the set of all sets with exactly two elements.
History-Making: The Trump Way
America has travelled to yet another new, if truly sad frontier, says former White House Correspondent, David Smith.
News At A Glance #39
Elephant tans, Emma Thompson, kumquats, and Milan Kundera. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.
Spotify Sundays: Travelling, Costumes and Tunes with Leah Sax
This week, an illustrated playlist compiled by a musician who is more comfortable on the stage than off it.
The Forgotten Irishman
ASH Smyth remembers Conor O Brien: apostrophe-hater, architect, mountaineer, boat-builder, writer, IRA gun-runner and officer of the Royal Navy.
Slapstick and Ashes
Farce and comedy are never far away during even the most modest game of cricket, explains Nicholas Lezard.
The Alba-gloss—Or; We Read THE ANCIENT MARINER, So You Don’t Have To
For World Albatross Day, The Emigre reports from somewhere towards the South Pole…
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.
The Anatomical Doll
ChatGPT writes a poem celebrating doll-faced River Plate legend Marcelo Gallardo and his iconic tackle.
Album of the Year
Howard Male is 99% certain nothing else as intricately immersive and moving as Villagers by Califone will come along in the next seven months.
The Amis Effect: A Fan Piece
Martin Amis was someone I thought of as a kind of elder sibling, hero, avatar, even scapegoat.
News At A Glance #38
Ankles, armpits, Uberlandia, and King Harald the Fine-Hair. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.
Snow Dog: Canine Conquest of the Pole
In 1909, a team led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set off to reach the South Pole. Here, for the first time, is an account of the expedition from the point of view of one of his dogs.