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  • Piers Morgan isn’t helping the fifth estate

    Piers Morgan isn’t helping the fifth estate

    Piers Morgan fell on his own sword, or that belonging to the weather forecaster, Alex Beresford. You choose your battles and there were plenty of loopholes in the Harry and Meghan victim-fest for him to question, but instead he went for the jugular by outright calling Meghan a liar, and for the wrong subject by…

  • West Ham 2 Leeds United 0: Blown away by Bubbles

    West Ham 2 Leeds United 0: Blown away by Bubbles

    It was much more like the Leeds that fight in the second half with West Ham reduced to the occasional counter attack. It is just a joy to watch Raphinha on the ball, clever swivels and caresses of the ball combined with a taunting attitude to defenders to come and get the ball if they…

  • The Assault On Truth by Peter Oborne: Gaslighting the Nation

    The Assault On Truth by Peter Oborne: Gaslighting the Nation

    The Assault on Truth by Peter Oborne is a short rant, sometimes repetitive, but mercilous and meticulously researched with references to justify its ethical message: Johnson is corrupt and the media has colluded with him. That Johnson has more than a passing similarity with Trump in his pursuit of power at any price and his…

  • Radar 1 March 2021

    Radar 1 March 2021

    What is currently on my radar: music, politics, books etc. What I am reading The British in India by David Gilmour. A social history of the Raj.Fascinating and readable journey about what made India different as a British colony to others. What podcast I am listening to Exposing critical race theory with Christopher Rufo. On…

  • Leeds United 0 Aston Villa 1: Parked a Bus

    Leeds United 0 Aston Villa 1: Parked a Bus

    Bielsa did his pep talk again at half time about upping the energy and getting the ball out of our own half – we simply dominated the second half with Villa reduced to long balls to El Ghazi who hoofed them from a distance to nowhere in particular.

  • Leeds United 3 Southampton FC 0: pitch imperfect

    Leeds United 3 Southampton FC 0: pitch imperfect

    Leeds went into this match with Southampton on the back of two defeats. I felt a win was needed to stave off any sense of Leeds going into decline mid way through the season. Southampton had pulled of an excellent draw with Chelsea but have been without a win for a few games now so…

  • Hair and Beauty sector and lockdown: more woe to come

    The latest reports suggest that post lockdown the hair and beauty sector will be discriminated against again. In the Daily Mail on 19 February: “Britons in need of a haircut will need to wait until at least April because salons are set to stay shut until at least April, according to reports.” It goes on…

  • Granta 153 – Second Nature: climate in crisis

    Granta has drifted over the past few issues to this one so it was a welcome return to form. This issue was a sideways step from the usual publication with a theme in that it had a guest editor – Isabella Tree – and that every contribution stuck firmly to that theme (again, a departure…

  • Wolves 1 Leeds United 0: Grandma

    Leeds headed into the Wolves match on the back of a difficult defeat against Arsenal where we found ourselves 3-0 at half but after a talking to by Bielsa, came out with more energy in the second half to pull tow back. Continuing injuries are holding the team back with players out of position. Kalvin…

  • Arsenal 4 Leeds United 2 – Valentine’s Day Massacre

    Leeds United went into this match with Leeds having thrown the kitchen sink at Arsenal at Elland Road last year ending with a draw, and now in February being one place above them in the league table. This match saw five changes for Arsenal and one for Leeds- loss of kingpin injured Kalvin Phillips with…