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

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

You will forgive the profanity. But last evening, 30,000 Wolves fans were singing it with gusto – including a 12 year-old lad sitting...

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

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...

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...

“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...

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

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