Tag Archives: France
Song Of The Day – Etape 2 by Kraftwerk
From the album “Tour De France Soundtracks” (2003)
The Premier League Preview 2023/24
Life ceases to be interesting if you lose the capacity to be surprised. If Donald Trump is never brought to trial, would you be surprised? Or, if Trump went all Budd Dwyer and killed himself on TV if he’s brought … Continue reading
Black Mirror’s jumped the shark with Euro 2020
During the group stages of the European championships I was only half watching. Thanks to a slew of games compromised by negative tactics (even adopted by the likes of the Netherlands and France), a ridiculously bloated and therefore watered down … Continue reading
Grexit and Austerity: the slogans of antipathy.
Don’t you just hate the sensationalising of events with catchphrases? We accept that genuine disasters are usually given abbreviations as a convenience and then absorbed into the lexicon immediately, say ‘Piper Alpha’, ‘Dunblane’, ‘Lockerbie’ or ‘9/11’. Okay, so that last … Continue reading
Previewing the World Cup Semi-Finals
Well wouldn’t you know it, my predictions came to fruition. I’ll confess, it was bittersweet, as I didn’t have money on it. But as I always say, you can’t lose what you don’t gamble. Just know this, if I put … Continue reading
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