Readers of this blog will know I intermittently take part in #VSS365 – a daily Twitter task to write a short story within the 280…
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I quite admire Gareth Southgate and his team. They strike me as decent, hardworking, and honest; rare commodities in a world where liars rule the roost. So, I’ve warmed to them despite them not being my team. They are the good guys, of that there is no doubt.
Being a dispassionate observer over the other side of Offa’s Dyke allowed me to see them without the obligatory rose-tinted specs donned by just about everyone in England. I commented before last night’s game I thought Italy would win and do so quite comfortably. They are a much more experienced team, led by a manager who dwarfs Southgate in terms of tactical nouse. As it turned out, the score sheet was not as one sided as I thought it might be, finishing at 1-1 after extra time, with Italy’s triumph only being secured in a dramatic penalty shoot out in which they initially fell behind.
I have no idea how to change the time displayed by my car clock. You would think a marvel of modern engineering that can cruise…
Abolish all hereditary titles and positions Make lying or misleading in Parliament, political manifestos / campaigns and the press / media illegal Make politicians legally…
Northern Arizona University’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science’s team of astronomers led by associate professor Chad Trujillo and including Scott S. Sheppard of the…
My great-grandfather was, according to my late father, a descendant of the Inuit – which means “The People” in Inuktitut – the principle language of…
I’m fond of note-taking and often refer to my notes when writing stories, especially if I’m stuck for a character or storyline. In the past…
You might imagine a year in which the first email was sent, a spacecraft, Mariner 9, successfully entered Mars orbit for the first time, Intel…
Twenty-twenty was cut through by the Grim Reaper’s scythe, not least because of its predecessor’s gift to the world, the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19, which left…
Penguin have put online a few web-pages with tips and hints on how to get an agent, what editors are looking for etc. If you…