CLR James was by no means the most prolific of the game’s great writers, but is one of the most important. In this post Martin looks at his life and times
To accompany Martin’s post on the subject of CLR James we are republishing an article from 2013, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his most famous book
After a couple of false starts Martin has finally completed his post on John Nyren’s famous book
In this post Martin revisits the life of one of his favourite cricket people, this time armed with some material that has not previously seen the light of day
No blog on the subject of cricket literature could maintain credibility for too long without looking at the work of John Arlott, hence this week’s post
The passing of the mercurial Abdul Qadir is sad news for cricket. Six years ago Martin penned a feature about him, and now seems like an appropriate time to restore that to the site’s home page
In a change from the advertised episode we have a piece about CB Fry’s writing. The promised look at John Nyren remains in the course of preparation