This is why, compared to Test cricket, T20 can seem more exciting yet less satisfying. It can electrify but, stripped of the wider storyline that infuses it with meaning, it can also feel soulless.
This is true not just of cricket. At the climax of this year’s Formula One season in Abu Dhabi, a genuinely thrilling showdown between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen descended into controversy and farce thanks to the decision by the race controller to ignore the rulebook and create a one-lap contest in the final lap. It was a stark reminder that contrived thrills rarely satisfy in sport.
CRICKET AND THE CRAVING FOR A QUICK FIX
30 December 2021 by Leave a Comment
WANT TO RAISE WAGES? REBUILD OUR UNIONS
12 October 2021 by Leave a Comment
Blaming migrants is politically cheap but socially costly. It diverts our attention from the real causes of low pay and holds us back from taking the kind of collective action necessary to defend living standards.
Want to improve wages? Don’t scapegoat immigrants. Don’t create shortages. Rebuild our unions.
INTRODUCING… JESUS AND MO
30 September 2015 by 1 Comment
In a world defined by outrage and offence and liberal spinelessness, Jesus and Mo is a treasure, whose value we should never fail to recognize. Read them. Laugh. And think.
Source: INTRODUCING… JESUS AND MO | Pandaemonium
An excellent post by Keenan Malik about the Jesus and Mo cartoons that I have shared several times previously. Do consider supporting the cartoonist’s work through Patreon.
AS WE APPROACH THE ENDGAME
10 July 2015 by Leave a Comment
The EU strategy towards Greece may be blatant and crass, but it is not new. The EU has a long history of refusing to accept referendum results, imposing technocratic governments and bypassing democratic wishes.
And then they wonder why populist ant-EU parties are on the rise.
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