Sport
Football’s still the big boy in the playground – even when the big boys aren’t playing
It’s been a long, hot, soccerless holiday. There has been football about — the women’s European Championship, for example, and…
I’m sick of sponsoring you to suffer
Every charitable donation now seems to come with a promise to suffer
Can anyone save Aussie cricket?
Insomniacs, invalids and cricket obsessives (step forward yours truly) were probably the only people who stumbled on it, but BBC4…
Books are a load of crap - the sporty kids have got it made
What a glorious sporting summer it has been so far. For some the highlight will have been Andy Murray at…
Has Test Match Special lost its wits?
Test Match Special is the sound of the English summer. Why are we letting it be vulgarised?
Spectator sport: Why Andy Murray may be the greatest sportsman Britain has produced
There’s nothing we old folk like more than a chat about how poorly all our friends and acquaintances are. This…
Mourning Julia Gillard with the greatest wine ever to come out of Australia
My Australian friend was in mourning over the removal of Julia Gillard, the country’s first female prime minister. She had…
