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GET BACK TO SCHOOL!
Bitter experience has dissuaded me from ever bringing up two topics of conversation at dinner parties and social occasions – the NHS and...


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CORONAVIRUS AND SPORT
“Conor Varius? Triffic little player!” Harry Rednapp (allegedly) “It looks like Liverpool will have to add yet another year onto their...

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♫ “F*** VAR!” ♬
You will forgive the profanity. But last evening, 30,000 Wolves fans were singing it with gusto – including a 12 year-old lad sitting...


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THEN AND NOW
Pre-season training for the professionals “What’s going on?” I asked the receptionist at the entrance to Malvern College’s splendidly...

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STUART BROAD
As a schoolboy, Stuart Broad was more of a batsman than bowler. Gradually, as he grew taller, he concentrated more on his bowling but he...


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WHITHER SOUTH AFRICA?
If you were lucky enough to stroll through Cape Town’s famous Waterfront on New Year’s Day, you might be forgiven for thinking that much...

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Bob Willis
“Well, in my time of dyin’ don’t want nobody to mourn.” (Bob Dylan) Bob Willis: top, far left Yours truly: bottom row, far right Well, we...

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WHITHER THE NHS?
One of my favourite miscellaneous facts I like to trot out at social functions is naming the organisations that employ the most number of...

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THE HUNDRED
100. Yearned for by batsmen; loathed by bowlers. It’s silly really. Why should a batsman feel disappointed in himself as he unstraps his...
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