Restore UK has decided one of Britain’s great lost treasures is smoking in pubs.
Restore is a wonderfully appropriate name because, if we’re restoring things, let’s stop being half-hearted about it. Why cherry-pick one outdated idea when we can bring back the entire catalogue?
Why stop at smoking in pubs?
Let’s bring back polio. It will give children something to talk about. It’s character building.
How about a dose of ...
It’s funny how friendships evolve as we get older. Some quietly fizzle out, others become more distant, while a precious few remain wonderfully consistent.
Those are often the friendships where people evolve at roughly the same pace. I once read that if you still have exactly the same opinions and life skills at 60 as you did at 30, you’ve probably wasted 30 years. It’s a bit harsh, perhaps, but there is definitely something in ...
Argentina Go Out in Style in an American Jolly Jamboree of Old Bollocks
Yesterday felt strangely flat.
For six weeks the chaise longue had become my office, my press box and, occasionally, my therapist. There had been moments of breathtaking football, moments of utter tedium and enough time during VAR delays to complete a small home extension, but overall it had been a tournament that provided plenty of entertainment, at least until the ...
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has read, liked, commented on and shared my ramblings from the Chaise Lounge over the last few weeks. They were never meant to be anything more than the thoughts of a middle-aged bloke shouting at a television and occasionally frightening the dog, but so many of you came along for the ride. It made the World Cup feel like something we all experienced together and I genuinely appreciated every bit of it.
T...
Welcome to Football’s Highest Exam
England face Mexico at the Estadio Azteca, which is not ideal if you were hoping for a relaxing early Monday morning, a gentle stroll into the quarter-finals, or a football match that doesn’t also resemble a science experiment.
The Azteca sits around 2,240 metres above sea level, which is roughly 7,200 feet in old money. That means the air is thinner, the lungs have to work harder, and footballers ...
