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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Sport
Test of temperament
- 02 August 2007
Playful banter and jelly beans cause a flap at Trent Bridge
Sport
Silly season
- 19 July 2007
In a quiet period of humdrum coverage, Emma John ponders the meaning of sport
Sport
Ships in the night
- 05 July 2007
- 1 comment
The greatest regatta, the America's Cup, sails by unnoticed once more
Sport
Nice guys win, too
- 21 June 2007
Some of tennis's most successful players are surprisingly humble
Sport
Racing to the bank
- 07 June 2007
Fear of losing (money, that is) cripples the international sports bodies.
Culture
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.
Sport
Testy feelings
- 22 January 2007
The Australians' sense of humour failure shows their true character
Society
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?
Culture
Singing our own tune
- 25 September 2006
- 1 comment
The West End is full of American musicals . . . but where is all the British talent?
Culture
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











