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English football pundits are diabolical

There has been a fair amount of fuss lately over television football punditry. First, Alan Hansen suggested Theo Walcott lacked a footballing brain. Then, Jamie Redknapp labelled Fernando Torres’ performance as ‘diabolical’. And over the weekend, former Newcastle United player and manager, Alan Shearer, confidently stated that “No one really knows a great deal of him” in relation to Newcastle’s French international Hatem Ben Arfa. Read the rest of this entry »

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My Big Dumb Culture Diary: Part Four

Phew! The wait is over! The final part of My Big Dumb Cultural Diary is finally here! Read the rest of this entry »

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My Big Dumb Culture Diary: Part Three

It’s at this point that I realise this exercise is quite a strange, time-consuming and, dare I say it, exposing one. I’m not organised enough to write down everything as I go about my day, so end up self-editing, to an extent. And then the doubt. Oh, the doubt. Does this exercise make me seem dull and indulgent? Or do I look like a try-hard?Especially as I’m offering a particular, edited view of myself? Ah, who cares, here are days three and four… Read the rest of this entry »

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September 10, 2010

Greenwich Comedy Festival Update (or “My 15 minutes of near fame”)

Oh, the power of the internet! I write a moan about my experiences at a comedy festival, and before I know it, the story is everywhere! Read the rest of this entry »

September 9, 2010

An unfunny night at the Greenwich Comedy Festival

My Significant Other and I last night made our way down to the Greenwich Comedy Festival. We like a bit of stand-up comedy, it’s not far from where we live, and we’ve made plenty of trips to the Sunday Special comedy night, from which this festival has sprung up. Yet things didn’t go exactly to plan. In fact, this night of comedy wasn’t funny at all. Here is my (non) review. Read the rest of this entry »

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