The Electric Typewriter

Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.
23rd Oct

by Patrick Symmes

When thieves stole his beloved ­commuter bike on a busy street in broad daylight, Patrick Symmes snapped — and set out on a cross-­country plunge into the heart of ­America’s bike-crime underbelly.

8th Oct

by Patrick Symmes

You can’t buy it in any store, can’t send away for it online, can’t meet the author (there are thousands), and you probably won’t be able to read it if you do find it. On the trail of an underground global legend: the everywhere-and-nowhere travel bible of Israel’s combat-fatigued, footloose vagabond youth…