Emma John

Emma John

Emma John is a sports journalist and deputy editor of Observer Sport Monthly magazine. She writes on the arts for The Guardian and is a former Time Out theatre critic.

Articles by Emma John

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Test of temperament

  • 02 August 2007

Playful banter and jelly beans cause a flap at Trent Bridge

Silly season

  • 19 July 2007

In a quiet period of humdrum coverage, Emma John ponders the meaning of sport

Ships in the night

  • 05 July 2007
  • 1 comment

The greatest regatta, the America's Cup, sails by unnoticed once more

Nice guys win, too

  • 21 June 2007

Some of tennis's most successful players are surprisingly humble

Racing to the bank

  • 07 June 2007

Fear of losing (money, that is) cripples the international sports bodies.

Local heroes

  • 16 April 2007
  • 1 comment

With new cuts to arts funding, small theatres will be the first to suffer. But their importance to communities has never been greater.

Testy feelings

  • 22 January 2007

The Australians' sense of humour failure shows their true character

Fouled!: How football hijacked our culture

  • 09 October 2006

Tens of millions of people in Britain have no interest at all in football. So, amid fresh allegations about bungs, international corporate crime and sexual excess, should we call time on our obsession with the once beautiful game?

Singing our own tune

  • 25 September 2006
  • 1 comment

The West End is full of American musicals . . . but where is all the British talent?

Un-American beauties

  • 07 August 2006

With Broadway theatres afraid to mention child-killers, politics, Aids or 9/11, radical playwrights from the US are flocking to Soho, Battersea and Edinburgh

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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