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Leeds United 1 Crystal Palace 0: Fine Margins

Is a packed Elland Road on a wet tuesday night where the dream restarts? After the disappointing performance last saturday on the south coast tonight at home is big moment for Leeds. Phillips and Raphinha the key men not firing on all cylinders – a team not finding its mojo like it had at the…

November 30, 2021
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky: Going Underground

Metro 2003, by Dmitry Glukhosky, is about going underground in Moscow. The claustrophic landscape is filled with the dark and the dirt of the campsites and the fear of the murderous creatures in the dark down the tunnel. Each station brings its own philosophical tale.

November 28, 2021
Brighton and Hove Albion 0 Leeds United 0: Lucky Draw

After the frustrating loss to Spurs last week, being ahead at half time, taking on Brighton and Hove Albion has become more of a must-win, a relegation battle. Another missed opportunity but Leeds break a jinx and manage a lucky draw.

November 27, 2021
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Leeds United 1 – James scores his first goal

This was difficult territory for Leeds without Bamford, Rodrigo and Raphinha – no proper attacking force. A significant deficiency for the strength of the first team. Conte had just taken over coaching Spurs and there will be an inevitable improvement. Remaining players had to step up – with Daniel James scoring his first goal for…

November 21, 2021
Leeds united 1 Leicester City 1: Back to their old ways

Bielsa must have done some reflecting after Norwich match. This was Leeds back to their old ways – harassing the opposition and charging relentlessly forward. It was a promising return to form complete with gaping holes in the defence.

November 7, 2021
Beautiful brilliance: Norwich 1: Leeds United 2

Leeds United trying to find form and Norwich City trying to gain points. A massive amount of tension in this match as both teams need to win this match. In the end it came down to a beautiful bit of brilliance.

October 31, 2021
Holding our nerve against launching coronavirus plans

As we enter Winter with schools returned and workers returning to offices the level of infections has predictably risen. But is it it worth holding our nerve against launching the government’s coronavirus plans?

October 29, 2021
Visit to North Kent coast

A weekend away to the north Kent coast, including staying in an apartment in a Georgian house overlooking the sea in Herne Bay, walk to Margate and dinner in Whitstable.

October 16, 2021
Granta 156: Interior view

A mixed bag of fiction and non-fiction but enough to entertain and ask questions.

October 1, 2021
Tracking the ideological shift in equality

This book is an analytical examination of the trans debate from acritical point of view. This is an intellectual anlaysis rather than a manifesto. As the subtitle alludes the book attempts to take the ideology of trans identity and apply it to what is happening in reality for people who change identity, children and puberty…

September 30, 2021