CULTURE

Martin Rowson on the original unfilmable (and indeed unreadable) ‘anti-novel’, Tristram Shandy.

How to push for more, beam more… or just carry on being your cheese-eating self.

Three exclusive scenes from the indie horror/adventure movie the world needs to see!

In affectionate remembrance of Willard Price, 28.7.1887—14.10.1983

ඉබි පිහාටු : Nathan Koblintz indulges in the proverbial.

To his distress, ASH Smyth realises it’s been five years since his last cricket match (which, even more distressingly, he was allowed to captain).

On their 10th wedding anniversary, Dominic Hilton dusts off his roast wedding speech for fellow Emigre editor ASH Smyth and his bride.

A masterclass in speech-making, by the Best Man. In the World.

Can England beat Spain in the Euros final? Seth Burkett takes soundings from a personal history of footballing optimism.

As they capitulate to England once again at Lord's, Nicholas Lezard asks whatever happened to West Indies cricket.

The traffic jam, like his ambition, is endless.

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.

Original art by Daniel Sturniolo.

From Aladdin to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

A playlist by Aug Stone, inspired by his new collection of stories, Sporting Moustaches.

An extract from City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, its Popes, and its People by Jessica Wärnberg.

A bristly story by Aug Stone, from his new collection, Sporting Moustaches.

An eggsplanation of the festival of Easter.

Wet feet, pisco sours, and the wonders of nature in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

How It Started… How It's Going. Alexander Larman writes his way into a trilogy about the Windsor family.

Pete Langman raises an eyebrow at Sky’s sexy TV ‘history’ antics.

A poem for International Women’s Day by Josa Keyes.

An extract from Daybreak, the brand new novel by Matt Gallagher.

“Our highly-trained cormorant chorus represents the very best of Brexit Britain.”

Sentences from my new book flagged for correction by the Inclusiveness Editor in Microsoft Word. (With suggested corrections.)

Full inventory of souvenirs and other purchases from my trip to Lima and environs, last December.

On the sanctity of Britain’s blue plaque scheme—and the delightful hoaxes it inspires.

A bibliophile confesses.

RIP Hutch.

UPDATED DAILY from December 1 through to December 24, Emigre writers on the books they would be happy to receive for Christmas.