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The Leicester back row will be dusting off their tuxedos in anticipation of giving Gavin Henson a dancing lesson at the Kassam Stadium, come September 2. For 30-year-old Henson, the lifeline thrown by London Welsh this week may well represent … Continue reading
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London Welsh have belatedly been confirmed as the new boys in England’s rugby master-class. But will they still be there this time next year? An old proverb made famous in the 1902 short story The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs, … Continue reading
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Mark Twain once said: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” Bet he’d never been to Manchester — the coldest I’ve ever been at a rugby match was last Sunday, the first in June, … Continue reading
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The day Mandy Grimshaw won the lottery was, as one would expect, life changing. But not in a way that either she, or anyone else, could have predicted. Mandy awoke that Sunday with a splitting red wine headache and the … Continue reading
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I’ve never really understood why England football supporters adopted the theme to “The Great Escape”. If it has to be an English sporting anthem it should surely be heard be at rugby, not football internationals. And maybe, for good measure, … Continue reading
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On Monday, The Sun reported a plane crash near Kathmandu in Nepal. Nothing unusual about that, then, except that there were no Brits on board. There were a couple of Americans who perished, but they don’t usually register on The … Continue reading
GETTING PUSHY IN PRESTON On Preston platform, I did my soft shoe shuffle dance. No one cared, except me. And I didn’t care that no one cared – I’d always wanted to do it. I’d also always wanted to … Continue reading
There are probably more than three reasons why your might go to a Van Morrison concert; but here are three to be going on with. First, surely he can’t be as bad-tempered as he was last time – or can … Continue reading
