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Stoddy, England’s Finest Sportsman!
I had an email yesterday from an author called David Frith, who wrote the book Stoddy; England's Finest Sportsman. Frith was politely bemoaning the fact that I had failed to mention him in a post I penned about AE Stoddart on a wet summer Sunday a few years ago, especially as some of the information in the post was gleaned from his hard work. Stoddy was the captain of England when they regulary battered the Aussies in the early Ashes ...
Leicester’s Lessons in Desire!
I can remember years ago, watching a darts final on the TV featuring Eric 'The Crafty Cockney' Bristow and Keith Dellor, when legendary commentator, Sid Waddell, said of Dellor; "This lad's not an underdog, he's an underpuppy!" The same can now be said of Leicester City football club, who, with an extraordinary combination of desire, raw talent and something to prove, have conjured up a remarkable winning formula that, in its current state, ...
The Making of McSpangle!
Many people who follow me on Facebook have spent the last few years asking me how I managed to find a friend with a name as fantastic as Dickie Mcspangle, understandably assuming that this was his real name. The fact is, it was a name (McSpangle) I created in blog post a few years ago as I attempted to describe a family of n'er do wells who I had read about, or seen on some kind of poverty porn documentary called 'Peasant Street' or someth...
My Love of Cars!
As driving goes, I am pretty crap really as my attention span is weak and I find it a pretty tedious process that, alarmingly, makes me want to just doze off. I kind of need a new car now, but my lack of enthusiasm (and knowledge) leaves me scrolling through websites with a vacant brain wondering who is going to eye me up as a sitting duck for an ill-judged purchase. So generally, I just give up and wait for a crash or multi-thousand pound ...
A TED Talk to Make You Think!
Some of you may have seen TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) talks on the internet before; some are very good, some are pretty irrelevant to many of us. The most recent ones of these I have seen was sent as a link to me by a friend (Kirsty) and it was as depressing as it was interesting, demonstrating that we, as humans, are terrible for not questioning and challenging the Status Quo, taking decades or even centuries to be enlighten...