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CROTIA
For my History A Level paper, I wrote an essay on the origins of the First World War. In it, I incorporated all the well-known quotations...
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DEADLY
PERSONAL MEMORIES OF DEREK UNDERWOOD One of the pleasures – well, it was not always a pleasure – and privileges of my cricket career was...
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Speling
I can spot a spelling mistake at a hundred paces. I have been fortunate enough never to have had a problem with spelling. That is not to...
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My All-Time England XI
MY ALL-TIME ENGLAND XI 1. JACK HOBBS 2. LEN HUTTON (capt) 3. WALLY HAMMOND 4. JOE ROOT 5. DENIS COMPTON 6. IAN BOTHAM 7. ALAN KNOTT (w-k)...
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Franglais
“ENGLISH IS REALLY FRENCH….BUT SPOKEN WITH A BAD ACCENT.” (French newspaper) I noticed a reference in The Times recently to a report...
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WHITHER BAZBALL
Somehow, we all knew that Bazball one day would come a cropper. And India, with its unique conditions and challenges, would be the venue...
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MIKE PROCTOR
In the many obituaries and tributes paid to the recently-deceased Mike Proctor, one of his great deeds is always remembered – his four...
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Management
Reading a football article recently, I was struck by a comment by Julian Nagelsman, currently the coach of the German national team....
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THE FIVE SENSES (and sport)
I was a little early for my weekly game of tennis (indoors) so I settled myself down on one of those plastic chairs to watch the...
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