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 * One of journalism's great exponents of English English. -- Peter Preston * Guardian * 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 * Highly entertaining. * Spectator * Engel [hunts] down his prey like a linguistic witchfinder-general ... short-tempered but consistently witty. -- John Sutherland * New Statesman * Praise for Engel's England: 'Wry, rueful, funny, packed with knowledge, and, like all good reporting, entirely personal and subjective, it is simply the most enjoyable commentary on today's England that could be imagined. * Sunday Times * Highly personal and very funny * London Review of Books * The great pleasure in the book - for Engel as much as the reader - is in his love of the entertaining factual nugget * Financial Times * Engel has the perfect light, humorous touch for the task. * New Statesman * Immensely enjoyable... Engel is a wonderfully wry comic writer. * The Guardian *