BOOK OF THE YEAR: "Engel’s masterly portrait ... is consistently entertaining, frequently surprising and sometimes provocative." - PETER WILBY, New Statesman

My literary Quality Street..., like the best assortment boxes, it encourages dipping, each chapter short and tasty enough to make you say, “Oh, just.

Matthew Engel's new project, The Lost Continent, is a series of profiles of Britain's soon to be ex-partners in the European Union, being published in the New Statesman. The first four articles can be read online: ESTONIA    https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2017/10/slow-train-tallinn BELGIUM    https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2017/11/travels-belgium-dysfunctional-fractured-state-heart-eu SLOVENIA   https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2017/12/slovenia-happy-country-should-be-even-happier CROATIA   https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2018/02/croatia-fragile-heart-balkans Due soon: MALTA, GERMANY, HUNGARY. See  Read More

Reviews of That's the Way it Crumbles: "If you’re the kind of person who shouts at the radio, this book is for you... a funny and fascinating read" - Rose Wild, The Times "An acerbically witty and entertaining survey...  This whole book is a work of stubborn persistence, or resistance" - Christopher Hart,.

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Matthew Engel's writing on politics, places, philology and pastimes can now mainly be found in The Guardian, the Financial Times and the New.

"Wry, rueful, funny, packed with knowledge... it is simply the most enjoyable commentary on today's England that could be imagined." - John Carey, Sunday Times "A joy and a treasure trove... Do not leave your county without it." - Jasper Rees, The Oldie "It's a lovely book, hugely funny at times." - Rod.

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"Brilliant...The beauty of Eleven Minutes Late is that it combines a sustained and very funny rant about the chaotic state of Britain's privatised rail system with huge affection for the romance of the train." - Brian Viner, The Independent. "Engel's elegiac tale with its gentle humour and acute insight rises.

Matthew Engel's writing on politics, places, philology and pastimes can now mainly be found in The Guardian, the Financial Times and the New.

Matthew Engel's next book, That's the Way it Crumbles: The American Conquest of English is due out from Profile Books in May/ June 2017. More news follows.