sports commentary
Sir Ian Botham is a hero – and a fool
In 1981, when I was ten and Ian Botham was 26, I thought he was God. Now, the week after…
'One warm night in June 1917 I became the man who nearly killed the Kaiser'
The traditional story told about the first world war is that it changed everything: that it was the end of…
The dying art of sports commentary
Taki 3 July 2021 9:00 am
Wimbledon is here at last, after its absence in 2020. What struck me watching the French Open on television a…