Date: June 08,  2017
Categories: General

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

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Date: February 28,  2017
Categories: General

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.

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Date: December 03,  2014
Categories: General

"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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Date: September 15,  2014
Categories: General

I am taking a summer break from speaking engagements. The next booking is for the Henley Literary Festival on Saturday October.

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Date: September 15,  2014
Categories: General

An extract appeared in the Mail on Sunday on 9 October 2014: S.O.S... Save our shires: In a glorious evocation of a bygone England, MATTHEW ENGEL embarks on an epic journey through the ancient counties that were wiped off the map in a decade of lunacy... and makes an impassioned.

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Date: September 15,  2014
Categories: General

Matthew Engel's latest book, Engel's England, was published by Profile Books on 23 October 2014. You can order it from your bookseller of choice, including

or of course your local independent.

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