With less enthusiasm than ever before, I’ve tuned into a few games in the World Cup, which currently grinds on. Coming into a match around the half-hour mark has sometimes been a confusing experience. Because once or twice I’ve been unsure which country is which. I’m not up on what colours every international team wears, so […]
The Black World Cup Read More »
It is that time of year again. The rainbow flags are out in full force. Hair dye sales have rocketed. Men in skirts with their cocks dangling are roaming the streets, and the ‘Free Palestine’ flags have reappeared. It must be Pride Month: the month we are supposed to celebrate and ‘acknowledge’ the LGBTQwerty community for existing. Windows have
Gay Pride Over English Pride? Read More »
It’s coming home. They say. All it took was one match for England’s fans, and Britain’s media, to start inscribing the country’s name on the World Cup trophy. Sixty years of hurt are definitely coming to an end. They say. If you detect a slight tone of scepticism here, you would not be wrong (there’s
It’s Coming Home. Apparently Read More »
As TNC regulars know, I often visit and write about Crete, where I was lucky/ foresighted enough to buy a tiny traditional village house over twenty years ago, for the (then) price of a new car. Staying there for weeks at a time (EU permitting), I always digitally detox. Occasionally in the evenings, however, I
Norma Desmond Strikes Again Read More »
What do Hull in East Yorkshire and Maribor in Slovenia have in common? Hull is a crumbling entrepôt on one bank of the murky Humber River and the other straddles the lovely Drava River in the Slovenian mountains. So, picturesqueness they don’t have in common. House prices are reasonable in both places, but that’s not what I’m driving at. Remarkably, the football teams in both
The Delivery Bike Takeover Read More »
A peculiar thing happened the other day on Times Radio with Andrew Neil. The legendary broadcaster was discussing the intricacies of the Henry Nowak murder with The Times’ Southwest and Countryside correspondent, Will Humphries. While recounting the 999 call made after the stabbing, Humphries dropped this gem into the conversation: “It’s repeatedly pressed by the
What the F-word is the P-word? Read More »
What can be added to the narrative that has ensued the horrible death of Henry Nowak. Our courageous editor has been on the case since the outset, the Prime Minister has spoken, the Leader of the Opposition has spoken, Nigel Farage has spoken (over booing and jeering) and an endless stream of journalists have filled columns. Is there anything
Do Look Back in Anger Read More »
It started in a wine-shop one November, one of those where, come lunchtime, they find some tables, rustle up some charcuterie and charge you corkage. The sort of place where you pair the food with the wine, not vice versa. My host had bought a decent bottle. I think. I couldn’t drink it. Even the
The Sense of An Ending Read More »
In towns and cities up and down the country, pubs are increasingly a refuge from the ‘vibrant’ newly installed communities that stalk the streets. They are little pockets of Britishness. They have always been brilliant, now they are better than ever. What a tragedy that two close every day, it’s claimed. Is that true though?
The Glories of the Pub Read More »
Neither of my parents were exactly space buffs but if, back in the heady days of Armstrong and co., you had asked them when their offspring would first see man in the general vicinity of the Moon, they probably wouldn’t have picked the early years of his sixth decade. Back then, there was a general
The Social Contract Read More »
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