Matthew Engel is a journalist and author. He writes regularly for the Guardian and Financial Times, among other publications, and was the editor of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for twelve years. He is also a baseball enthusiast. His books include Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain,Extracts from the Red Notebooks and Engel's England: Thirty-nine Counties, One Capital and One Man (Profile, 2014) [9781846685729].
An acerbically witty and entertaining survey ... a work of stubborn persistence, or resistance. * Sunday Times * Highly entertaining. * Spectator * Throughout his entertaining history, Engel argues for a stout forward defence against this onslaught of cool and fun and you guys . -- Tim Adams * The Guardian * Engel [hunts] down his prey like a linguistic witchfinder-general ... short-tempered but consistently witty. -- John Sutherland * New Statesman *