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AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
“In the city, no-one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.” (Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of...

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AGGRESSION
The recent trial and acquittal of Ben Stokes, followed hard on the heels by the arrest and fining of that other bad boy of England sport...

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FIXET!!
It was hot so we were glad to be ushered across the tarmac and into the airport terminal. Though to be honest, Bergerac International...

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VIVE LA DIFFERENCE.
I know of no other ball game than cricket which depends so much on the surface on which it is played. Many sport surfaces nowadays are...

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
This picture, on pages 12 and 13 of this month’s Cricketer, caught my eye. Always nice to have an official team photo in front of the...

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IRISH BAPTISM
Ireland is a bewitching place. The rugged beauty of the island is a given but it is the inhabitants that fascinate me. They are uniformly...

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STICKS AND STONES……….
may break my bones but names will never harm me. Sledging “First, define your terms!” Thus spake (frequently) my English professor from...

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DRS
Or is it VAR, or maybe TMO? My eight year-old grandson could have drawn a better line than the squiggly one we were presented with on...

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DOWNTIME
Ballance, Curran, Ball – not the most obvious culprits to pay the price for the dismal showing by the England team in the recent Ashes...
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