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We do not need to drive far around town nowadays to witness a scourge on the landscape – in other...

Coming first is essential, is it not? It is the whole point of sport, we are led to believe. And...

The dream of every youngster who plays sport is to play it at the highest level, especially on the...

MARILYN Monroe once famously said that “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” and it is a fair...

MANY years ago, a group of boys were taken to see a play in London by their teacher. While the...

IN 2014 a Mathematician calculated that there are 177,147 ways to tie a tie, although he did admit...

EGO must go! That is the short answer to the as-yet unposed question. It is directed at school...

IT will probably have escaped the attention of all but the most astute, kindest and most...

EVERYDAY, the sports pages, be it online or on paper, report on incredible feats and stories from...

“If you had seen my school reports, you would see why I wanted to be a footballer!” Those are the...

Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Bobby Charlton, Wayne Rooney – we have probably all...

John Arlott has been mentioned in a previous article and, as well as having a gifted imagination...

What do the following people have in common: John Arlott (the famous cricket commentator with a...

A man lived on the 25th floor of his apartment block and every day he took the lift all the way...

There was a classic moment in one of the early ‘Pink Panther’ films when Inspector Clouseau asked...

A man once had a beautiful Labrador dog called Duke who used to sit in front of his master with...

It is assumed that all readers are educated people here so let us consider a few questions. The...

The All Blacks rugby team has been studied over the years to ascertain how they had become so...