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October 14, 2022
So, I took a couple of months off the from writing the links for the first time since I started them about a decade ago, and what happens? Let’s see: Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister, and almost immediately the Queen died and gave the English around 48 hours to explore what peak English looks like (...
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August 05, 2022
We’re losing legends at a frankly alarming rate: one week after I lamented the loss of Diana Kennedy, we open by lamenting the loss of Bill Russell. If you’re a basketball fan, Russell is to Jordan and LeBron what Thanos was to Loki: the big bad. We argue about whether LeBron (10 finals, 4 wins) or ...
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July 15, 2022
Every once in a while, even if for a short time, we find ourselves inhabiting our ideal niche. I remember the one summer in my teens when I looked like a great basketball player, solely because I lucked into a team where everything I did was desperately needed by my much more talented teammates, who...
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July 08, 2022
What are we supposed to do with a week like that? I usually poke (sometimes) gentle fun at the state of English politics during our now routine scandals, but satire seems hopelessly inadequate after a week of the most comical, incompetent, ridiculous political machinations in living memory. Boris Jo...
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July 01, 2022
The CGD London offices occupy a set of rooms just a stone’s throw of Parliament, not that anyone would be advised to throw that stone, however much they may be tempted. It’s a good vantage point: close enough to observe, but not so close as for the grime to rub off. This week, a senior MP was sancti...
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June 24, 2022
There’s a mild statistical bent to all my favourite pastimes. Cricket is the most numbers-obsessed sport in the world; everything is counted, put into averages, investigated under all contingencies (sure, Mahela Jayawardene averages 59.72 at home, but shouldn’t we be concerned his average is a full ...