Category Archives: Sports
World Cup: View from the Primark WAGs
I like to think of myself and my friends as WAGS. After all, we too stand by our men throughout the football season, allowing them to wear nasty nylon football shirts, and talk about football at every given opportunity. The difference may be that their Prada is our Primark and their Ferraris our Fiestas, but basically we are the same. Continue reading
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Eddie Iz Running: lovely, crazy marathon man
Normally I sigh and roll my eyes when someone sets themselves up for a crazy, audience-seeking ultra-endurance activity. Especially when it gets hung on a noble ‘for charity’ peg when it’s really all about the person wanting attention and affirmation. But … Continue reading
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Winter Olympics: Ski Cross
As someone who hankers after a bit of skiing now and again it’s odd that TV skiing should leave me cold, so to speak. The commentators also have a hard time of it – what can you really say as … Continue reading
Wimbledon: Wake up, darling, the ball just hit someone on the head!
Wimbledon. It’s the sort of thing that brings my latent class warrior come storming out of its middle-class coverings. Continue reading
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