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On Not Becoming a Sports Writer

When I was about six or seven, I became obsessed with finding out what my father did when he ‘went to work’. My memory is fixed in a windowless corridor of him walking out the front door in his charcoal … Continue reading

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Hero-worshipping in the Midlands

In the summer of 1987, as a 10-year-old, I would spend the early days of the school holidays waiting for 6pm when Channel 4 showed the day’s highlights of the Tour de France. On the TV Phil Liggett was doing … Continue reading

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