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A worthy read

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Tom Hollingworth in Blogs, Britain, Life, Sport // 0 Comments

Britain has a proud tradition of developing outstanding sports journalists and one of the current crop that I usually find worth reading is Jonathan Liew, currently plying his trade on The Independent.

Accordingly I offer a link to his latest piece – on the subject of ‘specially mounted’ sporting contest and events – which appears today upon the website of – THE INDEPENDENT

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Tom Hollingsworth is a former deputy sports editor of the Daily Express. For many years he worked in a sports agency, representing mainly football players and motor racing drivers. Tom holds a private pilot’s licence and flying is his principal recreation. More Posts

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