‘The book is inflected by a general sense of apprehension that we all have at present – an awareness of the possibility of world-ending events.’
On Cricket Benjamin Markovits·21st January 2020My dad grew up playing sandlot baseball in Middletown, New York. (I don’t really know what a sandlot...Number 53 | One Sentence Can Reveal So MuchReportage
‘Climate change is us.The sixth extinction is us. We are at the heart of all of these issues.’ Julian Hoffman·21st December 2019Julian Hoffman’s latest book, Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places, is a cry to see, to...InterviewsReportage
We’re Not in Tokoroa Any More Stella Duffy·3rd April 2019There is a rugby match today, All Blacks versus Lions. I will make cheese scones so I can...Number 32 | New ZealandReportage
‘How could this possibly be mysterious? Where could this take us?’ Tana French·3rd April 2019'I’ve looked at criminal investigations through a detective’s eyes six times. But there are a lot of other people involved. There are witnesses, there are victims, there are suspects, there are perpetrators...'FictionInterviewsNumber 49 | Unsettled LandsReportage
Plainly Repulsive Lara Williams·3rd April 2019I used to work with a girl who told me there was a finite amount of time that...Number 49 | Unsettled LandsReportage
Space Paul Ewen·2nd April 2019Yes, he emphasised, a little country; and with inhabitants so much limited in number it was unlikely you...Number 32 | New ZealandReportage
Camping In Our House John Ewen·22nd March 2019Some people felt that the earthquakes had shaken Nature into being more productive.Number 32 | New ZealandReportage
Shakespeare would have done well in any generation Raymond Chandler·28th January 2019‘I don’t know why the hell I write so many letters,’ Raymond Chandler once wrote, in a letter....FictionNumber 2 | Out ThereReportage
American Fall Preti Taneja·3rd January 2019Preti Taneja, Jennifer Croft, Chika Unigwe, Shobha Rao, Danielle Evans, Sarah Weinman, Sharmila Sen, Diana Henderson, Jeanne McCulloch...Reportage
An Album Can Last a Day Sam Byers·21st December 2018It doesn’t so much begin as swoop into land: thirty seconds of silence followed by the gathering swell...ArtNumber 48 | GlitchesReportage
Social media is a kind of refuge. It’s a refuge from dealing with the more enlivening conflicts within one’s real life. Nicholas Barrett·21st December 2018In his 2016 biography of Sigmund Freud, Adam Phillips describes the development of psychoanalysis as an attempt by...Number 48 | GlitchesReportage
Sinatra Sang in Sentences Joe Moran·21st December 2018The style guides say: keep your sentences short. Write cleanly, cut as many words as you can, and...ArtNumber 48 | GlitchesReportage
