Category: Journalism
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Ripley’s “Believe it or Not!” – fact check
Reunited with this strange and sensational book, I have the opportunity to satisfy the curiosity of my twelve year old self.
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Palin and Holmes: looking back to greatness
So why should their attitudes to continued celebrity be so different?
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David Gauke: My Part in Not Preventing His Downfall
Before I had reached the end of the driveway the door opened and a man in his seventies shouted after me “He’s a traitor!” It seemed that not all voters had embraced Gauke’s idea of a more thoughtful and respectful style of politics. I was reluctant to engage: I was…
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Concerning inconsistency in the London and Boston Marathon qualifying times
Welcome to the unforgiving world of athletics age grading.
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A brush with greatness – Sir David Attenborough
Some say you should never meet your heroes. Nonsense. I feel so privileged to have had the opportunity.
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Gaukey and Me
At this point the waiter managed to spill a decent quantity of coffee into my lap. Fortunately it wasn’t scalding, but I still wonder whether this was in response to a prearranged signal.
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A Guide To Completing Your Wimbledon Public Ballot Application Form
It’s the time of year for filling in your Wimbledon ballot application form. Forms can be nasty and complicated, but we’re here to help you.
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The GRILL PAN HANDLE
…one day we noticed an article headed The Ten Biggest Causes of Marital Rows. Grill Pan Handles was right there at number three after money and sex, just before housework.
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How to Hug: Fact check
It is worth noting that history was not always kind either to Howard, Catherine, or to the Huguenots. One can imagine the subject of either article needing a hug at some time.
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Running and Cheating: regarding Coe, Ovett and Savile
I’d like to believe that Coe and Ovett were clean: they were my heroes. And it’s not possible for them to prove the negative. But their statements do not dispel the doubt.
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How to do ‘The Times’ Crossword
An article I wrote for “Monocle” magazine in 1981. A total fraud: I’ve never completed the “The Times” crossword in my life.
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