It’s only gone and bloody come home, ain’t it?
The fact of the matter is that unless you support one of the oligarch sports-washing projects – or Germany – you hardly ever actually see your team win anything at all. So I feel tremendously lucky that in recent years…
Friday Reading S13E27
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its thirteenth season. Sign up…
Bernard Cribbins (1928-2022)
Other people will write more eloquently than me and from more personal experience of working with him, and 93 was a fine old age and he was working until a few weeks ago, but what a sad loss Bernard Cribbins…
Friday Reading (but on a Sunday) S13E26
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Friday Reading S13E25
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Not Friday Reading
There’s no Friday Reading this week. A quick glance at my author page on the Guardian website for the last two days might give you a clue why. So instead, here’s a lovely gallery of behind the scenes pictures from…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in June 2022
It is different for me at the moment. I am on a Twitter break. So I just play the albums at the right time and then idly scroll through what people are saying without adding anything. It’s much more boring…
Friday Reading S13E24
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A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in June 2022
Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…
Friday Reading S13E23
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its thirteenth season. Sign up…