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Matthew Engel

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Matthew Engel has had a journalistic career of unusual variety, covering everything from terrorism to tiddlywinks. He has reported from 50 countries and seven continents, clocking up No. 7 in January 2012 when the FT sent him to the Antarctic.

For 12 years, he was editor of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. His latest book, ‘Engel’s England’, came out in October 2014.

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  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    News in-depthCricket
    Thrilling Ashes series gives England cricket team chance to inspire new generation

    Finely balanced contest against Australia is teed up for a nail-biting climax — weather permitting

    From left: England’s Heather Knight and Kate Cross after squaring the Women’s Ashes; Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali at Headingly
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    Cricket
    Bad blood as England and Australia spar over ‘spirit of cricket’

    How controversy at Lord’s is overshadowing faltering bid to win Ashes playing ‘Bazball’

    Australian players celebrate as England’s Jonny Bairstow, centre, looks dumbfounded after being adjudged stumped on day 5 of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s
  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    Cricket
    England men’s cricketers deliver miracle end to year full of weirdness

    Change of captain, coach and style of play bring team newfound success

    Ben Stokes
  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
    The Weekend Essay
    King Charles and the future of the monarchy

    Can Britain’s new line of kings hold the union and Commonwealth together?

    King Charles in uniform walks past clergymen, followed by Queen Consort Camilla in black dress and hat
  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    Cricket
    Ever more gimmicky cricket would leave WG Grace stumped

    Administrators risk neglecting the soul of the game in their relentless pursuit of profit

    cricketer WG Grace, c1900
  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Life & Arts
    How Britain fell back in love with the railways

    A pledge to roll back the Beeching cuts has rekindled a strange national obsession

    Volunteers at Burn Naze station near Fleetwood in Lancashire. credit Harry Mitchell
  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Life & Arts
    The battle for the Brexit-backing north

    Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    UK infrastructure
    The foreign states that own Britain’s railways

    Train travel in the UK now combines the worst features of capitalism and socialism

    M94015 Cross Country (CrossCountry) 5 carriage Voyager train on a British railway in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. Travel concept,
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    Cricket
    England face Ashes examination after World Cup cricket glory

    Amity between old adversaries almost certain to crumble once first ball is bowled

    England captain Joe Root, left, and Australia's captain Tim Paine pose with the Ashes urn before the first Ashes Test match between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Wednesday July 31, 2019. The first Test match starts Thursday Aug. 1 at Edgbaston. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
  • Friday, 19 April, 2019
    Tiger Woods
    Child prodigy Tiger Woods becomes the ultimate comeback kid

    The holder of this title until now would, for me, have been Muhammad Ali

    Golf - Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 14, 2019 - Tiger Woods of the U.S. celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the 2019 Masters. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
  • Friday, 12 April, 2019
    Cricket
    Cricket has started to eat itself

    The pursuit of novelty is leading to ever-shorter forms of the game

    BASSETERRE, ST KITTS, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS - MARCH 10: England captain Eoin Morgan hits out for six runs during the 3rd Twenty20 International match between England and West Indies at Warner Park on March 10, 2019 in Basseterre, St Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images,)
  • Friday, 11 August, 2017
    ReviewLife & Arts
    The Last Wolf by Robert Winder — island stories

    Geography is destiny in this historical meditation on the peculiarities of the English

    'A Stampede From A Wolf' (1867) by SJ Carter
  • Friday, 14 July, 2017
    Sport
    Johanna Konta and the sporting citizens of nowhere

    National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport

    Tennis - Wimbledon - London, Britain - July 11, 2017 Great Britain’s Johanna Konta in action during her quarter final match against Romania’s Simona Halep REUTERS/Tony O'Brien
  • Friday, 23 June, 2017
    FT SeriesSummer books 2017
    Summer books of 2017: new titles by FT writers

    Recent books by Matthew Engel, Edward Luce and Anne-Marie Slaughter

  • Friday, 23 June, 2017
    Sport
    Henry Blofeld, voice of the English summer, to retire

    Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 20: Henry Blofeld, Test Match Special commentator looks on during day three of the 2nd Investec Ashes Test match between England and Australia at Lord's Cricket Ground on July 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 16 June, 2017
    ReviewLife & Arts
    That’s the Way it Crumbles by Matthew Engel — the conquest of English

    An entertaining inquiry into the relentless advance of American expressions among the British

  • Friday, 2 June, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Why is Britain so disenchanted with its politicians?

    Matthew Engel tours Middle England in search of the root of voter disillusionment

  • Friday, 12 May, 2017
    Life & Arts
    All work and no play? The new ‘uni’ experience

    Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’

    Mortar Board or Graduation Cap, Education symbol on light background
  • Friday, 5 May, 2017
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Do I Make Myself Clear? by Harold Evans — eloquence under siege

    A celebrated journalist’s guide to crisp, accurate expression is full of sound advice

  • Friday, 10 February, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Are we witnessing the strange, lingering death of Labour England?

    In Stoke-on-Trent, Matthew Engel finds a party struggling to answer the simplest questions

  • Friday, 23 September, 2016
    Sport
    Middlesex take county cricket title in blazing fashion

    With an hour of season to go, three of the nine teams were all in with a chance of winning

    LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 23: Sam Robson of Middlesex drinks champagne from the County Championship trophy following victory during day four of the Specsavers County Championship match between Middlesex and Yorkshire at Lords on September 23, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 9 September, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver review — from A to Z and back again

    A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects

    NORTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND - MAY 15: The Flying Scotsman crosses the Forth Rail Bridge as it makes its way into Fife on a rare tour North of the border on May 15, 2016 in North Queensferry, Scotland. The Famous steam train built in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in 1923, the Flying Scotsman pulled the first train to break the 100mph barrier in 1934. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 12 August, 2016
    Olympic Games
    Rio Olympics 2016: BBC wins medal for hype and hyperbole

    Commentators have forsworn understatement

    David Coleman: anchored the coverage with complete mastery
  • Friday, 22 July, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Golden years

    In Rio, records will fall and reputations will be made. But are the Olympics losing their ability to inspire?

  • Monday, 11 April, 2016
    World
    Willett’s star rises as Spieth learns to lose

    Golfers need no reminding of their fallibility, especially on the back nine at Augusta

    Danny Willett, of England, celebrates on the 18th hole after finishing the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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