At close of play at The Oval today, Stuart Broad announced his retirement from test cricket. He's not out overnight and has one more innings to bowl in, but his test figures currently stand at 3656 runs and 602 wickets. You can see his finest hour above. He always was a bowler who, if he took one wicket, was likely to get two or three more in short order. At one time he looked likely to develop into a genuine test all rounder, but he rather lost his confidence after being struck in the face. As bowler or batsman, he ...
The Soho Bites podcast bills itself as 'a show about movies set in Soho, the beating heart of bohemian, cosmopolitan London". But its latest episode is about a film that isn't set in Soho but had its genesis there: Carol Reed's The Fallen Idol. I've written before about this film, which contains one of the great child performances. The actor, Bobby Henrey, now a retired accountant and hospital chaplain, spoke about the experience of making the film in a video I posted on here a few years ago. But the podcast talks first about his life before the film, and ...
Last week, we invited you to submit y9our nominations for the Party Awards which will be presented at Conference. This week, ALDC invited nominations for their equivalent of the Oscars for Lib Dem campaigners. You don't have to be a member of ALDC to nominate but, let's face it, if you have anything at all to o with campaigning, you should be a member of ALDC anyway, because you are more likely to win. From their website: Each year, we recognise the outstanding work and achievements of Liberal Democrat councillors, campaigners and campaign teams through our Campaigner Awards. And nominations ...
The 'Huw Edwards affair' has been another round in the long-running Murdoch press campaign against the BBC. The exact details behind the charges against him as published in the Sun remain unclear; the Sun has now retreated from its initial story, and the police have said that there is nothing to justify pressing charges. The Times fired off shots in support, listing the highest salaries of BBC presenters with a disapproving commentary - not noting the remarkably high fees that Talk News, owned by the Murdoch press and promoted ad nausea in the pages of the Times, pays to right-wing ...
I hate myself already for saying this, but Nigel Farage may have had a point when he said that banks should not be able to close down clients' accounts because they diisagree with their political views. As many commentators have pointed out this is not just a Farage issue. There is a principle involved. If they can do it to Farage, then they can do it to anybody. And as this Guardian article points out, the random, targeting of political figures is not just confined to the extreme right wing. The paper quotes anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller who says that ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - SATURDAY 29 AND SUNDAY 30 JULY 2023 Nethergate (West Marketgait to South Tay Street) - closed westbound from 9:00am on Sunday 30 July until 6:00am on Monday 31 July for Scottish Water remedial works. REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 31 JULY 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Forthcoming Roadworks Greenmarket - closed for electricity works at its junction with West Marketgait (northbound exit lane only) commencing Monday 14 August for 2 ...
