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A Dublin family photo

Take a look at the photograph: two kids stare upwards, mesmerised it seems by who knows what, one […]

August 24, 2026 Cookson, Culture, Dublin, History, Ireland, Spender

‘Follow the Process’

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Barney Spender explains how the instruction to ‘Follow the Process’ helped him prepare for his return to the stage after nearly four decades with ‘Vive le Cricket!’

August 17, 2026 Cricket, Culture, France, Sport, Trinity College, Vive Le Cricket!

Stepping back on stage with Vive le Cricket!

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A funny thing happened to me on Tuesday. I was at the theatre, not a particularly funny thing […]

July 3, 2026 Cricket, Culture, France, Sport

Thank you, Sophie Kinsella

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I was terribly sad to hear about the death at the age of just 55 of the wonderfully […]

December 15, 2025 Books, Culture

Found in Translation: the poetry in The Road to Sparta

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In the documentary film The Road to Sparta, we took the slightly off-beam decision to turn to poetry […]

March 19, 2019 Books, Culture, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport

To Have Your π and Beat It

It is over 20 years since I last bumped into Michael Abrahamson. Pretty sure it was in a […]

March 15, 2019 Cricket, Culture, Sport

Sport in Art in Ancient Greece

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Heinrich is a special kind of guide. A trained archaeologist with the appropriate eye for detail and a […]

February 19, 2019 Culture, Greece, Greek sporting legends, History, Olympics, Running, Sport

Malcolm is On the Mend

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Five years ago, I wrote a review on this blog about a book called Malcolm is a Little […]

February 12, 2019 Culture, Film, Greece

Kissing the feet of Leonidas

When a runner completes the 246-kilometre Spartathlon he or she earns a rare privilege. A last stretch of […]

February 5, 2019 Culture, Film, Greece, History, Spartathlon, Sport

The House that Ubu Built

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For the last 12 months I have been getting stressed. About a house. Not my house you understand, […]

January 16, 2019 Corbeil-Essonnes, Culture, France, History, Sport

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