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The Main Event

Football comes back and there’s bound to be lots of grumbling about it taking over TV diverting airtime from the daily re-runs of old crap. I have already seen an ongoing rant about football contributing less to the economy than the Arts but getting more coverage. It seems to me that people who don’t like… Continue reading The Main Event

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Do not adjust your set..

I am in the middle of a heady 2 months. I’m not really much of a TV watcher normally, preferring books, film, music, other stuff, and neither do I watch much sport unless my team is playing, and then I make the effort. But I do love football and cycling, and especially the big events.… Continue reading Do not adjust your set..

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The smell of cucumber and the Olympics 2012

Sometime ago we won a prize in a lottery. Along with thousands of others we were allotted Olympic event tickets for what would become known as Super Saturday. Our tickets, for the afternoon diving session, would give us a trip out to the Olympic Park and all the razzmatazz of London 2012. After all the… Continue reading The smell of cucumber and the Olympics 2012