ARE YOU GAME?

ARE YOU GAME?

There is something about wild animals that intrigues, excites, attracts us – except, that is, when we  come face to face with them in cold blood! Generally, what is it that attracts us to wild animals, such  as lions, elephants and giraffes, as well as...
GAME ON! 

GAME ON! 

The 1977 film entitled ‘The Gauntlet’ starring Clint Eastwood was described by the film critic Roger  Ebert as “classic Clint Eastwood: fast, furious, and funny. It tells a cheerfully preposterous story with  great energy and a lot of style” as...
Seize and squeeze

Seize and squeeze

When it comes to Latin, there are not many of us around who learned it at school! Yet we are all still surrounded by English words that have Latin roots while in certain professions like law there are many phrases that are quoted in Latin. As we have commented on...
MYTHING THE POINT

MYTHING THE POINT

SOME say that a goldfish has a memory of three seconds. We are told that we must drink eight glasses of water a day. In sport, we are told that the quarterback in American football is the most important player; an athlete must specialize in the sport as early as...
TALKING A GOOD GAME  

TALKING A GOOD GAME  

There are good sports commentators and there are bad sports commentators. By “bad”, we mean  those who say the obvious or indeed opposite of what is meant. One athletics commentator stated  that, “There’s going to be a real ding-dong when the...