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...current editor, British newspaper journalist Matthew Engel - the Almanack has been updated for the 21st century. A photograph now graces the front cover, replacing the old wood engraving of two Victorian gents in top hats playing cricket, which had appeared on the cover since 1938. Inside there are well-written features alongside the usual lists of records and scorecards of all major cricket games from the previous year, and a section on cricket's spread to new parts of the globe. "I wanted to change the perception that this was just a book of statistics," says Engel. "Cricket must change...
...inaccurate arguments and sound-bite explanations for what is unquestionably the most serious problem facing our future. Environmental destruction, terrorism and a host of other problems are rooted in world poverty, but sadly we pretend there is nothing that can be done. I commend your magazine for providing informed, well-written and easily understandable arguments to help dispel those illusions. Well done...
Luckily, readers can ignore the rehashed ideology in favor of the thoroughly enjoyable memoir embedded in the book. With his endearing, well-written anecdotes of romantic bumbling and freshman foibles, Douthat produces a fun little gem of narcissism, a pleasant indulgence for author and reader alike...
Privilege works as a memoir. It is technically proficient, well-written, and an easy read; enjoyable, but certainly nothing transcendent. In other words, Douthat emulates the very qualities he excoriates: hit the highlights just right, do what’s needed to make the grade, move onto the next step...
...fucking each other and the pain of breakup. But even at its most shocking, it's never less than very witty and intelligent. It's a proper grown-up piece of writing about people having sex and the problems that can come with that. And it's got very well-written dialogue. It's such a treat to be able to have such language at your disposal. Dialogue used to be much more important in movies, and we've lost that." Thanks to Marber's invigorating wit, "Closer" restores the need to pay attention to what's said on screen...