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Emma Brockes

Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist based in New York. She is the author of She Left Me The Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me.

January 2025

  • Robert F Kennedy Jr and Caroline Kennedy.

    Digested week
    Digested week: Caroline Kennedy swoops on RFK Jr with talons out

    Emma Brockes
  • This image released by Netflix shows Selena Gomez in a scene from "Emilia Pérez." (Shanna Besson/Netflix via AP)

    Selena Gomez fell prey to Trump-trashing one-upmanship: the game no one can win

    Emma Brockes
  • Bar near the Capital One Arena, Washington, on 20 January.

    Trump 2.0 is already assailed by lawsuits, but it’s small comfort to America’s defeated liberals

    Emma Brockes
  • Composite of Elon Musk, left, and Steve Bannon

    Digested week
    Digested week: Steve Bannon’s bitter attack on Elon Musk lifts the spirits, briefly

    Emma Brockes
  • Roll up, roll up! The Trump inauguration may be the least great show on Earth

    Emma Brockes
  • Elon Musk’s rage-fests on X make it clear that he wants something. I think I know what it is

    Emma Brockes
  • Gobsmacked! by Ben Yagoda review – the British invasion of American English

December 2024

  • A woman sleeping with her mouth open

    Take it from me, the queen of sleep – micro-naps will transform your life

    Emma Brockes
  • The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, with his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.

    Digested week
    The real casualty of Prince Andrew’s Christmas woes and a festive treat from Abba

    Emma Brockes
  • A mother helping her four children with homework.

    All my Christmas huffing and puffing has prompted a new catchphrase: ‘Stop struggling, Mum’

    Emma Brockes
  • Cher in her LA dressing room mirror in March 1968.

    Book of the day
    Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – from an orphanage to superstardom

  • Does the bizarre reaction to the killing of a health insurance boss make sense? Only in America

    Emma Brockes
  • Digested week
    Digested week: style icon Daniel Craig and the king’s portrait hardly anybody wants

    Emma Brockes
  • I gave up bulk buying – and changed my attitude to money

    Emma Brockes

November 2024

  • *** BESTPIX *** President-Elect Donald Trump Spends Thanksgiving Week At Mar-A-Lago Estate<br>PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 25: Supporters of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wait near the Mar-a-Lago Club on November 25, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. President-elect Trump has been residing at the club and announcing nominees as he continues filling out his cabinet for his upcoming administration. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    How are the liberal elite dealing with a Trump victory? They’re flocking to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring

    Emma Brockes
  • Donald Trump and his pick for education secretary, Linda McMahon

    Digested week
    Digested week: Trump’s Star Wars cantina cabinet and No Consequences for Old Men

    Emma Brockes
  • Rachel Reeves leaving No 11 Downing Street on 20 November.

    Never mind what Rachel Reeves did long ago at the Bank of England: what claims do you make on your CV?

    Emma Brockes
  • Elon Musk and Donald Trump on stage, with a large audience behind them.

    Musk’s new role in Trump’s government is today’s ‘ugh’ moment in US politics. There will be many more

    Emma Brockes
  • Digested week
    Digested week: Trump-voting trad wives and the fabulously monstrous Martha Stewart

    Emma Brockes
  • Trump’s win is so much worse this time. Americans knew what they were voting for

    Emma Brockes
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