So the World Cup 2015 is being held in Sydney. The last World Cup, in 2011, was held in Singapore. The next World Cup, in 2019, will be held in England ... Yaaay!! More specifically, in Liverpool...
England have never won the World Cup. But they have never finished lower than Fourth. The only other teams with such a consistent record are Australia, New Zealand, and Jamaica. Current World ranking:...
The good news about the Netball World Cup 2015 is that the whole tournament will be shown on SkyTV. I don't know yet if it will all be shown live. It's taking place in Sydney, so the times might be a...
Still over a week to go to the start of the biggest sports tournament of 2015 ... the Netball World Cup. England's opening games will be ... 7 August ... England v Scotland 8 August ... Jamaica v...
We went to the polo at Windsor Great Park yesterday. Fab day out (if somewhat squiffy by the end) and a great win for England over South America in the Coronation Cup. England should stick to sports...
Nobody seems able to do anything to stem the tide of illegal immigrants ... except ... our seagulls! They'll sort the blighters out! You see ... people moan about seagulls but, when it comes to the...
I've had a serious issue to address today ... which are better ... peas, or petits pois?
Obviously the answer is peas. I mean, why do shops even sell those horrid little petits pois things?...
Last night we went to see Gabrielle Aplin at The Haunt (here in Brighton). Great evening, and clear front runner for Gig Of The Week. BUT ... On Tuesday, SlinkyKate went to see Neil Diamond. In favour...
If you close all the doors in your house ... does it seem a bit creepy and weird? I don't know why I did it. I thought it would feel neater, and tidier. But it's odd. I don't think I've ever had all...
I know, I know, she only has a teeny weeny chance ... but ...
Heather Watson v Serena Williams
(3rd match on Centre Court)
Just ... supposing ... !!...
I don't often use my iPhone. In fact, frankly, I only have one to stop the people at the phone shop pestering me. But I'm having a play. I've got a short clip of music on the phone. Can I use it as a...
Like a desert island thing. You can only have the works of one or the other. (In alphabetical order, to exclude any suggestion of bias) Verdi or Wagner? Brahms or Liszt? Beethoven or Mozart? (I think...
I saw Cherie Blair described today as a "life long Socialist". This was in the context of Cherie Blair's company, MEE Healthcare, going into liquidation this week. She started the company to take...
I bought the July edition of Gramophone magazine today. Jonas Kaufmann is on the cover. He can sing Heldentenor. He sings Wagner. He has smouldering eyes. What's not to like!...
http://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2015/06/brighton-gin-rolls-out-across-the-uk/ Does it count as an advert if I tell everyone that Brighton Gin is now available all over the place? No, surely it's...
My iPad is still running IOS 6 I have, until now, refused to update to 7 or 8 (I can't think of it as an "upgrade" because I consider both 7 and 8 to be unnecessary, loaded with bloat ware, and...
The fixtures came out for the new season today, wooo! Brighton had a season ticket holders breakfast at the stadium, at which the fixture list was announced. What does your list look like? Our first...