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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Nine

23rd February 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, people. Surprise, surprise, it’s damp and gloomy once again in Downing Street, and that’s not only outside Number 10. Inside, we have a wet, rather than damp, PM, and he is very [more…]

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In Praise of the Naughty Girls

3rd July 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

The news sent me scurrying to the attic to fumble in the dark with my watawat (behave yourselves). With girls’ football and Wendyball now equivalent in every way, the crafty chaps at association football’s governing [more…]

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Wankdorf Excitment

31st December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Berne is the capital of Switzerland and enjoys a modern-day population of about 130,000. The old part of the city is contained within a bend in the river Aare which, along this part of its [more…]

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Memories of the first World Cup held in Asia: Final rounds

15th December 2022 Joe Slater 0

The Japan-Korea World Cup in 2002 was the first time the competition had been co-hosted. It was the first time it had been held in Asia, and the first time a country that had never [more…]

20th Century

Memories of the first World Cup held in Asia: Early rounds

8th December 2022 Joe Slater 0

The Japan-Korea World Cup in 2002 was the first time the competition had been co-hosted. It was the first time it had been held in Asia, and the first time a country that had never [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Seventy

4th December 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning cat lovers, it was dry when I first woke up and ventured out into the cold, but gosh it’s wet now. A lovely peaceful weekend in Downing Street. I did almost nothing [more…]

21st Century

Always Worth Saying’s World Cup Report

22nd November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

What do we know about England and Iran? One is a despotic dictatorship where an out-of-touch elite despises the ordinary people. Citizens can be cancelled for what they’re suspected of thinking and jailed for what [more…]

21st Century

Always Worth Saying’s World Cup Report

21st November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

What do we know about Ecuador? If you’ve visited this mountainous country that straddles the Equator as it touches the Pacific coast of South America, you’ll recall they don’t have their own currency but use [more…]

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