7 minAN ENGLISH VILLAGE“In the city, no-one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.” (Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of...
6 minAGGRESSIONThe recent trial and acquittal of Ben Stokes, followed hard on the heels by the arrest and fining of that other bad boy of England sport...
3 minFIXET!!It was hot so we were glad to be ushered across the tarmac and into the airport terminal. Though to be honest, Bergerac International...
4 minVIVE LA DIFFERENCE.I know of no other ball game than cricket which depends so much on the surface on which it is played. Many sport surfaces nowadays are...
6 minSMALL IS BEAUTIFULThis picture, on pages 12 and 13 of this month’s Cricketer, caught my eye. Always nice to have an official team photo in front of the...
7 minIRISH BAPTISMIreland is a bewitching place. The rugged beauty of the island is a given but it is the inhabitants that fascinate me. They are uniformly...
5 minSTICKS AND STONES……….may break my bones but names will never harm me. Sledging “First, define your terms!” Thus spake (frequently) my English professor from...
4 minDRSOr is it VAR, or maybe TMO? My eight year-old grandson could have drawn a better line than the squiggly one we were presented with on...
3 minDOWNTIMEBallance, Curran, Ball – not the most obvious culprits to pay the price for the dismal showing by the England team in the recent Ashes...