Category Archives: Misc
Carta a Pep
28 de Mayo 2011 For the attention of Pep Guardiola, FC Barcelona Querido Pep, Te escribo como autor, cule (nacido en Madrid de padre escoces y madre Castellana), y Londinense para expresar mi profundo agradecimiento por la gran ilusión y alegría que tu y tus jugadores habeis inspirado en el Barca, profundizando en una gran tradición de humanidad y buen futbol. Anoche estuve en una cena en un hotel de la capital ingles organizada por la Penya del Londres al cual pertenezco. Había cules de toda la peninsula …
Qatar’s football card
Nooone really knows for sure how far and in what way the current upheavals among Arab nations are going, but I suspect the fate of Qatar is beginning to put some nerves in the football world on edge. Qatar was not only recently picked by FIFA as the host nation for the 2022 World Cup, it has also in recent months signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona after pouring money into a far less successful SpanishPrimera Liga club Malaga and reportedly showing an interest in Manchester United. Ever since …
Good sense prevails at The Garrick
So the Garrick Club, my beloved and enduring watering hole and eaterie will not ban ladies from its totemic central table, after all. Thank God, reason has prevailed. Due to unavoidable work commitments, I was sadly unable to attend last night’s special meeting of members which voted against a motion that endeavoured to get round the Equalities Bill, by making the table ‘members only’, thus excluding women who are guests but not full members . Women guests have been granted gradual access to previously restricted areas of the club in …
Journalists:get your own house in order
There are sectors of the British media that take to exposing the alleged sins of the world with unashamed gusto. From parliamentary expenses to Vince Cable’s ministerial gaffe, not to mention the countless invasions into the privacy of other individuals – often in apparent violation of what or may not judged contempt of court. The media are less comfortable when their own less reputable actions become the focus and target of attention. The Murdoch stable can thus not be best pleased with the growing controversy over the alleged hacking of …
At the Camp Nou
It’s always a joy being back at the Camp Nou to see a live match and Saturday’s Barca vs Valencia was the kind of event that makes it worthwhile. There were close to 90,000 in the stadium which is quite a turn-out for this early stage in the season but then it was an important match. Barca has been floundering a little of late while los ches , as the Valencia players are called, have had an unbeaten run of games, displaying a mixture of attacking football, creative midfield, …
Yes We Khan
Yes we Khan So Labour lost Battersea. Outgoing Labour MP Martin Linton planned to blame the Liberal Democrats but then thought it better not to. Had more Liberal Democrats cast a tactical ‘progressive vote’, then Labour just might have squeezed in, again. As it turned out the Lib Dem candidate Layla Moran- hugely underperformed in south London despite claims that this candidate had been identified by camp Clegg as one of his rising stars. Linton was magnanimous in defeat, extending a hand of welcome to the Tory Jane Ellison while at …
