Tag Archives: Last days of Rome

Sky’s coverage of Transfer Deadline Day is hastening its extinction by choosing tedious despondency

The last Friday of a horrible August. It’s rained nearly every day this summer, and I was feeling under the weather. I had Mpox (or Covid) of the ankle having tweaked it on some slimy steps (forty-something man problems), and … Continue reading

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The Queen may be dead, just don’t expect the Monarchy to follow

I recall ridiculing the discombobulation and the unhinged commentary in the immediate aftermath of the eleventh of September attacks, with the understanding that in their shoes I’d be similarly shell-shocked. Even comedians lost their shit and demanded instant retribution. When … Continue reading

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