Breaking Rocks in the Hot Sun
“I was so far beyond simple fatigue, I was beginning to feel nicely adjusted to the idea of permanent hysteria”: remembering Forest in 2023/24.
CBW
Long sleeves, taped fingers, liquid hips – remembering Chris Bart-Williams.
Freed from Desire (Reprise)
“You’ve come a long way, baby”
Anatomy of a Newbie
“You’ve gotta give it a go. Norwich are never gonna win the league, but they still turn up every week. The pricks.”
World Shut Your Mouth
How to lose friends and infuriate people: the curious case of Jesse Lingard.
Freed from Desire
Do you believe in miracles?
Garner, McQueen, Attenborough
2016/17 is over. Let’s not call it a happy ending – simply an ending.
For all that’s gone before, and all it might mean for the future, that’s probably enough.
Tougher Than The Rest
“Whenever I see him do anything, he empties the tank. Every time. And the beautiful thing about this man is that he empties that tank for his family, he empties it for his art, he empties it for his audience, and he empties it for his country.”
Damp eyes, big thighs – remembering Stuart Pearce.
A Thousand Cuts
Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?
This Too Shall Pass
“I started a joke…”
THE LOVING FEELING 