Chasing The Grand Slam
The roar of Dragons, Wales is in flame, Beast-like strength, fearsome on the field, Wearing red to hide the stains of blood Like Spartan troops they wear their colours proud, The smaller nation crushing England’s […]
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Isles Of Wonder: The London 2012 Opening Ceremony
London 2012 finally welcomed the rest of the world to its games with a ceremony full of spectacle, joy, comedy and a celebration of that peculiarly indefinable trait: Britishness. Throughout the build up, we’ve been […]
The Olympic Torch in Birmingham
Early on a Sunday morning, before breakfast had even been eaten, the family and I headed to a little area in Birmingham called Earlswood, to see the Olympic torch pass through. Now, I’m not exactly […]
Monaco Grand Prix Weekend
The flaneur is devoted to walking seemingly aimlessly around the world’s great urban environments, pausing to absorb and maybe note a pithy thought in a leather-bound notebook. He or she might cover less than a […]