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The Peewit : an apology
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wrote 1 month ago: I realise now that my last post, in which I compared the Peewit to the England wicket-keeper Matt Pr … more →
Mental disintegration through birdsong : some advice for Andrew Strauss
wrote 1 month ago: Just the other day I mentioned Stuart Broad\’s revelation that this summer’s Cardiff Tes … more →
Cadbury World, and the Bournville Cricket Pavilion
wrote 1 month ago: News this week that Cadbury’s is threatened with a hostile takeover by Kraft (not, alas, Kraft … more →
Is Stuart Broad the new Percy Edwards?*
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wrote 1 month ago: News in today’s Times of the long overdue autobiography from Stuart Broad (though some might t … more →
Could Alex Tudor be the new Ken Shuttleworth? More hot transfer gossip from Leicestershire C.C.C.
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wrote 2 months ago: Let’s have another go at spreading rumours – apparently Alex Tudor to Leicestershire? - … more →
Is Hoggs the new Higgs? Hoggard to Leicestershire?
wrote 2 months ago: I thought I might try to do a bit of proper blogging this evening and publicise a story because I wa … more →
James Taylor and Will Jefferson : an inaccurate prediction
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wrote 2 months ago: A short time ago, in response to a query from a reader about the exact height of James Taylor, and w … more →
Leicestershire C.C.C. averages 2009 : James Taylor et al.
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wrote 3 months ago: Leicestershire averages 2009 For anyone who spotted this earlier, I didn’t mean to publish it … more →
The End of the Season : the Kinks
wrote 3 months ago: After that brief intermission I feel that I should mark the end of the (cricket) season – whic … more →
A brief intermission
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wrote 3 months ago: It’s been a busy weekend of sport, as they say on the BBC (one and a half days of cricket and … more →
This Is Your Life EXTREME
wrote 3 months ago: One TV programme I’d pay good money to watch would be C.B. Fry (passim – he’s over … more →
Binge-drinking at Lord's
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wrote 3 months ago: All first-class cricket grounds these days have a sign outside saying “Importation of alcohol … more →
Over-priced pants : Poppies v Altrincham, 5 September
wrote 4 months ago: I don’t promise – or threaten – to write about every football match I attend, but … more →
This might be the last time - Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Grace Road, 4 September
wrote 4 months ago: Long, long, ago – when this blog was just, as it were, a germ at the back of my mind – I … more →
Cautionary tales for middle-aged men
wrote 4 months ago: Three things not to do over a bank holiday weekend - Don’t – however keen you are to wat … more →
September's here again (almost): David Sylvian and Beth Gibbons
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wrote 4 months ago: A very Autumnal day today, and not in a good way, I’m afraid. Spent the afternoon sheltering … more →
White tie and tails : C.B. Fry comes dancing
wrote 4 months ago: Talking of ballroom dancing, I see that Philip Tufnell is attempting to follow in the fleet footstep … more →
Lounge suits and cocktail frocks : Northamptonshire v Glamorgan, Wantage Road, 28 August
wrote 4 months ago: I was afraid I might have jinxed young Taylor with my excitable predictions, but, no – I see t … more →
The Last of England : a new interpretation
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wrote 4 months ago: Visiting Birmingham Art Gallery on Monday, mainly to view the Burne-Jones Perseus series, of which … more →
