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Players v. Gentlemen : a conspiracy against the laity
From this evening’s Standard, Wasps’ coach Shaun Edwards, on Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy, who has been cited for gouging the eyes of Ulster’s Stephen Ferris - “He ne… more →
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Players v. Gentlemen : a conspiracy against the laity
wrote 2 weeks ago: From this evening’s Standard, Wasps’ coach Shaun Edwards, on Stade Francais scrum-half J … more →
Sally Bercow : My Booze Hell!
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wrote 4 weeks ago: A curious article in this evening’s Standard, concerning the wife of the Speaker of the House … 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 →
Is Simon Heffer mad?
wrote 1 month ago: Search of the day on this blog has to be the above enquiry. The answer, of course, is that he is qui … more →
Yours truly, Angry Mob - or Mr. Pooter joins the commentariat (reprinted)
wrote 2 months ago: This week’s hot topic in the quality prints and elsewhere seems to have been mobs – hash … more →
Sympathy for the Devil : Billy Bunter on Question Time
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wrote 2 months ago: Speaking, as I was only recently, about the tendency for ” left-liberal-establishment” h … more →
Gatelygate in retrospect : Gately, Moir and Fry
wrote 2 months ago: I do wish that it was the cricket season. Apart from the light, the warmth and, of course, the cr … more →
Miss Alex Reid : high hopes for 2012!
wrote 2 months ago: Arriving at the station this morning, I found that my usual Guardian wasn’t available, so I ha … more →
Let's be superficial always, Darling, and pity the poor philosophers!*
wrote 2 months ago: Another quiz, I’m afraid. Try to guess which politician, or, failing that, the politician from … more →
Antisocial behaviour in Wigston
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wrote 3 months ago: While I’m on the subject of the Wave of Crime engulfing Brown’s Broken Britain (c. most … more →
Parricide: does it affect house prices?
wrote 3 months ago: Reporting on the very sad case of the son who appears to have stabbed both his parents to death in C … more →
Tinchy Stryder = Saw Looser!!
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wrote 3 months ago: I must say I was disappointed to read in this evening’s Standard Lite the following, concernin … more →
Wrestlers, minnows and holy water
wrote 3 months ago: From an obituary in today’s Guardian, for Gladys “Killem” Gillem (American female … more →
The Uses of Literacy-ah
wrote 3 months ago: A rewarding piece, I thought, in today’s Guardian, by Lynsey Hanley, about the decline of Work … more →
Stornoway : Zorbing
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wrote 3 months ago: As part of my new-found determination to try to Keep Up with Modern Life, I thought I’d follow … more →
Vale O thelondonpaper
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wrote 3 months ago: So, farewell then, thelondonpaper. For those who haven’t encountered it, it was a free evenin … 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 →
These foolish things remind me of ... the Gestapo
wrote 4 months ago: From today’s obituary in The Guardian of Tory historian and Peel* biographer Norman Gash … more →
England's new football kit - featuring Kim Cattrall, Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Marina Hyde and - most importantly - Alf Common
wrote 4 months ago: While I’m on a sartorial tip, have been watching England v the Netherlands at association foot … more →
