Interview: Patrick deWitt for the Booker
It’s the Booker prize this week, which of course means the attendant controversy – this time focussing on that terrible crime: the books being too readable. I’ve read three of the list now – Esi […]
Ben East
WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK 2011 LONGLIST
Somehow I’ve only just seen the William Hill Sports Book 2011 longlist. I’ve read, er, four out of the 14, which, trust me, is quite impressive. Those being… The Bicycle Book by Bella Bathurst (HarperPress) […]
FAG PACKET FOOTBALL SHIRTS
I don’t know how often Northern Canaries tumblr posts will make it on here, but I really did enjoy an exhibition of cigarette packets made into football shirts enough to write about it. Leo Fitzmaurice, […]
THE PERILS OF FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS
No, Norwich City didn’t sign Miroslav Klose. Lewis McGugan is languishing in the relegation zone with Nottingham Forest. But hey, it was the silly season when I wrote this end of season report/new season preview for […]
TOP TEN FOOTBALL FILMS
This was written for The National last year when Manchester City doc Blue Moon Rising was released. But I can’t think of any decent additions since then, can you? (And no, Blue Moon Rising isn’t […]