England beat Wales last night. In case you missed that. Or in case you live in China. In which case you’d have heard the result which most aligns with Communist Party narrative of the moment. And if President Xi is feeling more pleasantly disposed to the Welsh, because of England’s ‘hard line’ and Rishi’s ‘robust – Read More-
Tonight’s match between England and Wales is simply massive. The consequences and repercussions will be simply immeasurable. Possibly because a lot of people simply ‘don’t care’ and its very hard to measure that in a quantitatively significant manner. But lots of us DO care. Greatly, deeply, passionately and… errrrr… big. …ly. What will Prince William – Read More-
I went to a wedding yesterday. Awww, that’s nice. Always nice. But there’s weddings, and then there’s WEDDDINGGGGSSS!!!! This was the latter. Definitely the latter. It was so big you could sell your invitation on Stub-Hub. It was so grand I wore something around my neck. Not a noose, but a bow tie!! And it – Read More-
I’ve been trying to save the planet for year now. Like, really saving it. If I see a cow farting I go and tell it how bad that is for the environment. I turn off lights. Then turn them back on because I can’t read the paper in the dark. I plant flowers. Because trees – Read More-
I know it was tempting but I chose not to watch Tunisia vs Australia this morning in the world cup, instead playing tennis in the park. I appreciate I missed 2 of the power houses of the modern game. With Tunisia being the best team in the whole of Tunisia and Australia being the champions – Read More-
I was sitting in my kitchen, yesterday morning, in pre-work mode. Cup of tea, the morning paper open, just about to unveil the daily banana (what I call ‘cooking breakfast’) and I thought I’d check my emails. My morning check to see how much Groupon love me. And with Black Friday coming up, they love – Read More-
So now we’re really kicking off. Following Sunday’s ‘opener’ between Qatar and Ecuador, we’ve now had some proper football. Meaning: England played. Not just played, but were so victorious that the Ayatollah resigned (if only) and wants to become the supreme head of Great Britain instead now. Cos what’s the point of being the spiritual – Read More-
The World Cup started! Did you see that? Brilliant. Ecuador played the hosts, Qatar, in a match that was… can’t say ‘riveting’ because 1237 riveters died making the stadia… can’t say ‘breathtaking’ because all 6,500 who died stopped breathing at the exact moment of death… and I can’t say ‘outstanding’ because it really wasn’t. But – Read More-
I am’a gay. I am’a disabled. I am’a Qatari. I am’a a migrant worker. I am’a really stupid Italian man in charge of football’s governing body, and’a desperate to try and make a case in support of Qatar. And’a if I totally lose the plot’a in any way’a, its just because I’m’a stupid and NOT’a – Read More-
Should footballers refuse to play in the World Cup because of human rights abuses and institutionalised homophobia by the host nation? Of course not. They’re footballers, they play sport. Politics, equality, social and cultural considerations are really not in the domain of Harry Kane and Lionel Messi. They’ll make their point, wear their rainbow armbands – Read More-