MR SURGEON

Within my circle of friends, there have been two surgeons. I say ‘have been’ because one has sadly recently died and the other is in...

WHY THE G.O.A.T. CAN’T ACT THE GOAT

On our recent Northern tour of cricket clubs, Barry Richards, interposed between ribald reminiscences of our Hampshire days, expanded on...

A BLUEPRINT FOR BETTER CRICKET

BARRY RICHARDS Mark Nicholas once told me that in his opinion there were five former players who thought deeply about cricket, were...

GET MY GOAT

SIX THINGS THAT GET MY GOAT Now, that is a strange idiom, ‘to get my goat’, the origins of which I was unfamiliar. It comes from horse...

Andy Roberts -The Silent Assassin

A recent article by Steve James, The Times cricket correspondent, about the Dinky Doos, the Stiffs, the Second XIs of county cricket,...

Imran Kahn

Watching the dismal images of a SWAT team bundling the ex-prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, into an armoured vehicle – allegedly...

BATTERSEA POWER STATION

Our son and daughter-in-law thought it would make a pleasant day trip on our recent visit to London to see around the recently...

MAX THE FISH

“You should trust any man in his own art, provided he is skilled at it.” Edward Coke (noted politician, lawyer and judge in the...

A FRENCH MANIFESTATION

A friend of mine was recounting tales of his recent skiing holiday in the French Alps. His transfer from airport to resort was held up by...

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