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BISHAN BEDI
The recent death of the legendary Indian spinner, Bishan Bedi, reminded me of one of the most riveting passages of play that I have ever...
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FRANCE
J’adore la France….et les Français. I truly do. My affection for the country and its people is age-old – well, my age anyway – buttressed...
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ITALY
LAKE GARDA What’s the shortest book in the English language? Answer: Italian War Heroes. Ha, ha, very funny. It Is of course, a spurious...
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WHERE ARE THE GPs?
🎵 “Where have all the GPs gone? Gone to leafy suburbs every one” 🎶 (with apologies to Pete Seeger) No subject prompts more heated...
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DIM
Those who have lived or worked anywhere in Africa will recognise the problem. Slow hospitality service, inefficient transport, fickle...
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LES FROGS
On any given holiday in France – and there have been many in our family - I always ponder what the French truly think of les rosbifs, the...
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SPITFIRE
Every year during the Royal Three Counties Show in Malvern, the ears are assailed by a strangely familiar roar. Is that a…? No, surely...
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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...
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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...
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