Moonballs from Planet Earth

The ever-sensible Michael Atherton puts one away This post is to channel a thought from the ever sensible Michael Atherton. This is from his...

A Manifesto for McCluskiegunge A Death in the Ganj, Konkana Sen Sharma’s debut as a director, is on Amazon Prime. It’s worth watching. Fea...

Tiger Woods on the importance of winning How far does one go to win?  As far as one possibly can.  Most sportsmen would agree with Tiger Woo...

I was reflecting on the weirdness of Donald Trump refusing to concede to Joe Biden and the words that came to mind, unbidden, were: “The pla...

  See the picture above?  Meena Harris  (Kamala Harris’ sister Maya’s daughter) tweeted it a few weeks ago.  It has to be my favourit...

IPL XIII Captains I’m watching the IPL. Everybody is watching the IPL. I’m watching the IPL partly because everybody is watching the IPL. ...

Surtur straddles the ruins of Asgard as Thor and Hela face off "Asgard is not a place. Asgard is a people." But is it?  Woul...

Johar Tsarnaev on the Rolling Stone cover I spent last weekend wallowing in this Rolling Stone cover story about Johar Tsarnaev, about...

Bomb at the Boston Marathon A couple of twisted young men kill innocent people at the Boston marathon, and it’s called terrorism. Oth...

Allow congressmen to vote in private. This isn’t my idea. I’m channelling the noted political philosopher, Sir Humphrey Appleby. Sir Hu...

NYC taxi I was flying from New York to Frankfurt. I got a taxi in New York. My cabbie was a brown skinned guy with an accent. "W...

Andrew Strauss Andrew Strauss retired yesterday. Strauss is a good egg, a decent chap. He has been a fine player and captain, has serv...

Palio di Siena at the Piazza di Campo There is a general perception that a great sporting event that harks back to antiquity and deli...

Watched the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Much Ado About Nothing last weekend, and loved it. The magic ingredient? It...

Maria Sharapova carries the Russian flag at the Olympics Is Maria Sharapova American, because she lives in Florida, having learnt ten...

Spent fifteen minutes or so staring at these words on the London Underground: The world`s great age begins anew, The golden years...