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Football: It’s not a pitch, it’s a bloody minefield
Who remembers Jossy’s Giants, the 1980s CBBC series about the Glipton Giants boys’ football team and their enthusiastic manager Josswell ‘Jossy’ Blair? Well, not me, for starters. I’ve had to look all...
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The Opening Ceremony: So I fell for it, too
At the risk of sounding like a knee-jerk liberal NHS-loving bandwagon-jumping nice person, I will admit that I, too, loved the Olympic Opening Ceremony. It was tops. Well, most of it was. Unfortunately...
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Beach Volleyball and Benny Hill: A Humourless Feminist Response
As a Humourless Feminist ™ of many years’ standing, I have grown adept at recognising The Things That Are Sent To Try Us. Jimmy Carr, Heat magazine, Procter & Gamble, Femail, David Cameron … I have...
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Failing to look like Lily Cole? Why not fail to look like Jessica Ennis instead?
Last night my partner and I were watching the BBC coverage of Day 13 of the Olympics, and were struck by one thing, and one thing only: Amir Khan, 2004 boxing silver medalist, is really, obscenely...
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Failing to look like Lily Cole? Why not fail to look like Jessica Ennis instead?
Last night my partner and I were watching the BBC coverage of Day 13 of the Olympics, and were struck by one thing, and one thing only: Amir Khan, 2004 boxing silver medalist, is really, obscenely...
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New Statesman: What does it mean when major football tournaments increase...
On Monday evening my sons went to bed in tears. While my seven year old had been taking the fall of the pound surprisingly well, and eight year old had responded calmly to growing anxieties over the...
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