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December 8, 2010

Kevin Howells: An unlikely and unheralded Ashes hero

So, the good people of England are very excited that their cricket team is actually doing really rather well. For English cricket fans, it doesn’t get a whole lot better than trouncing the Australians in their own backyard. After two games of a five game series, England are 1-0 up (the first Test was a draw), and *whisper it* look like they just might be strong enough to win their first Ashes series in Australia since 1986/7. Read the rest of this entry »

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December 7, 2010

The Wedding SUIT!

Wedding plans are well on their way now. It has been *touch wood* a really very smooth journey so far, thanks in no small part to incredibly supportive and easy-going parents, and the magnificent, unstinting work of my Significant Other. So far, we’ve made a pretty good team. There have been a couple of tasks that have fallen solely to me, however. One of the most exciting of these has been buying myself a new suit. Read on, for my adventures in successfully dressing myself properly… Read the rest of this entry »

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November 30, 2010

Ten Things I Could Be Blogging About That I’m Not (Blogging About)

Whenever I read those goofy, carny “How to Blog Better and Make a Ton of Money of the Unsuspecting and Easily-Led Public” sites, they forever talk about “pillars of content” and how list posts are a great way of getting traffic and generating content and all that nonsense. So, I figured I’d attempt something along those lines and wait for the millions of visitors to steam in, marvelling at my prose and offering to write me a cheque out of sheer gratitude for my writing endeavours. Without further ado, Ten Things I Could Be Blogging About That I’m Not (Blogging About)… Read the rest of this entry »

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November 24, 2010

Francesca Woodman Exhibition

A new exhibition of the photographer Francesca Woodman has opened at the Victoria Miro gallery in London. I first saw Woodman’s work at the Tate Modern a few years ago and it has stayed with me ever since. Her photographs are mostly black and white, in an empty room often inhabited by a single figure. They are beautiful images in their own right, but there is also a whole lot more going on under the surface. Read the rest of this entry »

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October 20, 2010

I have inadvertently become the internet’s number one Roy Hodgson apologist

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Well, a pretty terrible start to the season for Liverpool. Eight games in, and languishing in 19^th, a relegation spot. Inevitably, people are already calling for the head of new manager Roy Hodgson. One of the most visible commentators on Twitter, Paul Tomkins, has been at the forefront of these discussions, but has been good enough to retweet my more pro-Roy tweets. This has led to me receiving a barrage of messages questioning me, and demanding the removal of Hodgson. Read the rest of this entry »

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