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The art of opening a can of worms

Congratulations are due to The Sunday Times for its revelations at the weekend about the widespread degree of performance-enhancing drug-taking within elite athletics (or ‘track and field’ as our American cousins style it). According the allegations, set out over several pages in the edition of [...]

August 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Family complications

Yesterday – Sunday – my sister rang shortly after 10.00am. “Have you spoken to Dad today?” “No – why do you ask? “Because I’ve tried to call him this morning, he’s not answering …” In another situation one might have been referencing déjà vu, or possibly the [...]

August 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Olympic ideal

I was out driving yesterday – listening to Radio Five Live, natch – when the news came through that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had, by a margin of 44 votes to 40, decided to award the hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing in China instead of Almaty in Kazakhstan. There [...]

August 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Losing it (or not?)

When you get to my age you have to be constantly on the look-out for signs that you’re going ga-ga. Stuff like getting to the top of the stairs and then forgetting why it was you went up there; being unable to find your house/car keys; forgetting someone’s name as you’re introducing them to [...]

July 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Uncertain outcome

Who knows what the outcome of Labour’s party leader election campaign will be? As a keen observer of politics but (I like to think) with no political views of my own, arguably – to me – the identity of the next Labour leader should be of no consequence. I think it probably is, but [...]

July 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Back in harness!

The rumours that I had become exhausted or ‘politicked out’ by the General Election on 7th May were correct. There is only so much political process that any one person – well, this one – can take and, naturally, we had a surfeit of it leading up to polling day. I like to think that I was [...]

July 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Getting it on

At the weekend, amidst my domestic chores (including a ‘rubbish run’ to the nearby municipal tip), I happened to catch a small segment of BBC1’s Sunday Morning Live, presented by Sian Williams, which follows The Andrew Marr Show. The springboard to the discussion at hand – on the subject of [...]

July 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

Whither the weather …

… and whether to do something about it? [There – I’ve managed to get three forms of the same-sounding word into a five-word sequence, is that some sort of record?]. With the 1965 opening of the building now officially known as the NRG Astrodome – the Houston Astrodome to you and me – [...]

July 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Down there but coming up

Anyone who watched the South Africa versus New Zealand match in the Southern Hemisphere’s Rugby Championship at Ellis Park (kick-off 4.05pm UK time) on Sky Sports yesterday, eventually won 20-27 by the All Blacks, would have marvelled at the spectacle. This was a full-bloodied Test Match of [...]

July 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Much Ado About Nothing

Last night I watched the Anniversary Games, sponsored by Sainsburys, held at the London 2012 Olympic Stadium – firstly, on BBC3 from 7.00pm to 8.00pm and then, from 8.00pm to 9.00pm, on BBC2. Although it was billed to be going on for another hour, I bailed out because 9.00pm is my bedtime and [...]

July 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

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