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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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World Cup: The perfect football song

In a few hours’ time, the England football team could possibly be packing their designer luggage and heading for the airport, as yet again World Cup dreams lie shattered to miserable pieces.

Or it could all be glorious. There’s still hope. 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

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Wimbledon: Don’t mess with my schedule

Wimbledon messes big time with my regular TV viewing. Bloody smug upper-class elitist English toffery. And Sue Barker in more ghastly pastels. Continue reading

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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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