There’s only two reasons to play sport. One is that you love it, the other that you get paid fortunes for doing it. These two are not mutually exclusive. You can have both. Or ‘live the dream’ as its known in some circles. Or maybe its then not the dream. That if you spend all – Read More-
Hasan Fidan moved to England from Turkey in 2006. So he missed the bit in our national laws which protect swans as they were passed in the 12 century. And swans don’t do twitter. They more, kind’a, squawk. Loudly. As this one did the other day as Hasan jumped on it, in a park, cut – Read More-
So yesterday, sunday morning, glorious, sunny, fab. Came downstairs, put the kettle on (because I’m English and that’s just what we do, without thought, pause, delay or consideration) and opened the front door to retrieve the papers. Ahhhhh. That pesky paper boy had transgressed. Had defied one of Mel’s rules. He put the newspaper on – Read More-
this is a picture taken of the wall in my study. I’ll take pictures of the rest of our walls in due course, riveting that they are. But this one is special. As you can see. It has a photo (quite small) of The Family and a signed photo (quite big) of Pele and Jairzinho – Read More-
On Question Time the other night for the weekly Dimbleby political debate, were the usual Westminster luminaries (UKIP), losers (lib-dem), tossers (tory) and no-hopers (labour), plus A.N.Other. They always have one. Someone outspoken and politically savvy, maybe a journalist, political columnist, author, satirist, tv commentator or someone ‘worthy’. This week it changed. They chose someone – Read More-
I’m not a religious man. Though if people get pleasure from praying 6 times a day, good luck to them. Whatever floats your beard. But I do appreciate the value, historically, of a religious framework for society which, in days of old (like those frikkin Romans) generally defaulted to debauchery, hedonism, slavery and murder based – Read More-
Mauricio Pochettino is the new manager at Spurs. Yay. We have a new boss. A new masterplan. A new broom. A new regime. A new methodology, a new paradigm, a new future, a WHOLE NEW FUCKING WORLD!!!!!!!! Ok, sorry about that. But its new; let’s leave it at that. And I’m really excited, really pleased, – Read More-
I once played in a sunday morning tennis tournament which was a charity fundraiser. The sun even shone, great event, people playing tennis at Haberdashers’ School, cos they have lovely tennis courts and lots of ’em. Great day. I’m gonna say me mate Jane and I came 12th. Possibly 7th, maybe 23rd. Irrelevent other than – Read More-
My wife has delicate feet. But, like really delicate. So she has ‘specialised shoes’. Shoes for every and any possible occurrence. Shoes for work, shoes for play, shoes for formal, informal, dress wear, shoes for walking (long distance), shoes for walking (muddy places), shoes for walking (places that aren’t long or muddy), and so it – Read More-
Its a catastrophe! (for the LibDems) Its terrible!! (for the European Union) Its awful!!! (for the conservatives and even worse for Labour) And its the end of the world!!! (for Nick Clegg) Europe has spoken!! And, with one voice, it has said: WE DON’T WANT ‘EUROPE’. Well, ‘Europe’ can be there but just as a – Read More-