Today two red tops carried pictures of a couple of England players laughing, and expressed outrage that they could laugh at a moment such as this. Clearly if they had any respect for their fans and their country they would wait at least a week before cracking any jokes. Meanwhile one of the narratives to [...]
As the London Review of Books celebrates its 30th birthday today, JW Arble picks out ten of his favourites from the new online archive
Until I read Stefan Collini’s essay on the state of British universities I didn’t know what they were for, why so many of them seem to be in a mess or what [...]
If, like me, you are a football fan then you will already be getting vague itchings of world cup fever. Yet, as things draw nearer another feeling may come over you. It will be a feeling of dread for the ridiculous spectacle with which England begins every match.
At the world cup, every national anthem has [...]
20 years ago today 96 Liverpool football fans were crushed to death in Sheffield’s Hillsborough stadium, during an FA Cup Semi-Final game with Nottingham Forest. The disaster had a huge impact on modern football, transforming the nature of football grounds, and consigning terraces to history. It has also had a profound and lasting impact on [...]
I am often told that my love of football is one of the most incongruous things about me. I’m never sure why this is, maybe I’ll write a blog about it some time, but for now it allows me to spot ridiculous stories like this one.
Everton footballer Victor Anichebe was arrested in Knutsford in Cheshire [...]
