Oxford botanical gardens: oasis in city
A bank holiday visit to Oxford have us the serendipitous joy of accidentally visiting the Oxford Botanical gardens by the river
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Leeds United 3 West Brom 1 – Hernandez and Berardi – End of an era
It was great to see Leeds fans in full force after 15 months of fake football noise. Hernandez and Gerardo started for their last match and at Elland Road with a crowd – this was just as important as the match itself
Granta 155: The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists 2: An Indigenous Take
There were high hopes with this Spanish literature issue. Having read latin American novels before I've enjoyed the creativity especially Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Southampton 0 Leeds United 2: Top Half Finish
It was breathless and signified the difference between the two sides: lots of toothless pressing from Southampton, ruthless counter attack by Leeds, and maximum energy till the whistle blows.
Burnley 0 Leeds United 4: Rodrigo has arrived
So far only Brighton have beaten Leeds in the last nine matches. And despite a strong start by Burnley, Leeds took control of the game playing with speed, passing and chasing off the ball. With Rodrigo brought on leeds had the last laugh.
Leeds United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 – Teamwork
This was a superlative team effort today with the quality of passing and moving to create the opportunities relentless. And a defence led by Llorrente that stood up to Kane, Bale and Son. Leeds have now in 2021 seen off all the top teams with a draw or win. Spurs' champions League hopes are killed off.
Radar 3 May 2021: Granta, Interstellar, European Super League
Trying to impose an American model of financing football in Britain is a broken one
Labour using Tory sleaze won’t cut it with voters
Over the past week since the Guardian exposed the farce of the prime minister's flat refurbishment the leader of the opposition, Kier Starmer, had made it his mission to maximize the embarrassment factor for Boris Johnson. There was the bizarre photo opportunity in a store with wallpaper to ram home the message.
Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Leeds United 0: we do not like to be beside the seaside
We went into this game on the back of a solid run without losing in six games to big teams. However, with the loss of two key players, a secure mid table place we were probably not as prepared or as hungry as Brighton who were looking to secure their place in the premier league for next season.
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod: dystopian rules
Intrusion is a meditation on a near future where life is regulated with a high level of morality and ethics. Extrapolated ideas on what that may look like a quite restrained with the occasional AI toy and truck. The main…