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January 20, 2012
The Week with George Galloway – interview
talkSPORT - The Week with George Galloway
This week George Galloway discusses short-staffed A&E departments, crimes of passion and smacking children.
Renowned sports journalist Mihir Bose joins George in the studio to talk about his new book 'The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World' while guests on the phone include the Sun's Dr. Carol Cooper and former Republican senator John Leboutillier.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: The interview with Mihir begins at 1:03:50)
Click here to find out more about The Spirit of the Game
This week George Galloway discusses short-staffed A&E departments, crimes of passion and smacking children.
Renowned sports journalist Mihir Bose joins George in the studio to talk about his new book 'The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World' while guests on the phone include the Sun's Dr. Carol Cooper and former Republican senator John Leboutillier.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: The interview with Mihir begins at 1:03:50)
Click here to find out more about The Spirit of the Game
At home: Lord Bell
Financial Times
The PR guru on working with Thatcher and Murdoch and moving to the centre – geographically at least
Tim Bell has been moving to the centre all his life. For a man who was Lady Thatcher's PR guru, this would be sensational news except that the movement has been geographic rather than political. "As my [...]
The PR guru on working with Thatcher and Murdoch and moving to the centre – geographically at least
Tim Bell has been moving to the centre all his life. For a man who was Lady Thatcher's PR guru, this would be sensational news except that the movement has been geographic rather than political. "As my [...]
English football will do itself no good by continuing to rubbish the Europa League
Insideworldfootball.biz
The amount of muck poured on this competition reminds me of the words Kelvin MacKenzie said to John Major after he had taken Britain out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). As MacKenzie recounted to the Leveson inquiry on the press, as the hapless Prime Minister rang to ask the then Sun editor how he would treat the news, he replied, "Prime Minister, I have a bucket of shit by my desk and I am about to pour it on you."
Some English managers, like Harry Redknapp, seem to have a similar view about the UEFA Europa League (UEL).
The amount of muck poured on this competition reminds me of the words Kelvin MacKenzie said to John Major after he had taken Britain out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). As MacKenzie recounted to the Leveson inquiry on the press, as the hapless Prime Minister rang to ask the then Sun editor how he would treat the news, he replied, "Prime Minister, I have a bucket of shit by my desk and I am about to pour it on you."
Some English managers, like Harry Redknapp, seem to have a similar view about the UEFA Europa League (UEL).
Midori House interview
Monocle 24 Radio - Midori House
Midori House talks urban investment with the finance minister for Rio, visits the watch fair in Geneva and meets sports book author Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen again, or download the programme
Click here to read more about The Spirit of the Game
Midori House talks urban investment with the finance minister for Rio, visits the watch fair in Geneva and meets sports book author Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen again, or download the programme
Click here to read more about The Spirit of the Game
January 19, 2012
Night Waves
BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves
Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme, featuring discussions, debates, interviews and reviews with leading academics and artists.
Mihir discusses his new book, The Spirit of the Game with Anne McElvoy.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: Section with Mihir starts at 0:25:30)
Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme, featuring discussions, debates, interviews and reviews with leading academics and artists.
Mihir discusses his new book, The Spirit of the Game with Anne McElvoy.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: Section with Mihir starts at 0:25:30)
Robert Elms Show
BBC London Radio
With Jason Solomons, Michael Smiley, Mihir Bose, 'Cover To Cover' and Seal.
The Robert Elms show is a celebration of every aspect of London.
Three hours a day, revel in the stories and characters, memories and aspirations which make London such a great place to live and work.
Art, architecture, history, movies, shopping, drinking and dining all carried out to a soundtrack of music for grown ups.
The Robert Elms Show is tailor-made for you, dear Londoner.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: Section with Mihir starts at 1:36:40. This programme will only be available until the 26th January)
With Jason Solomons, Michael Smiley, Mihir Bose, 'Cover To Cover' and Seal.
The Robert Elms show is a celebration of every aspect of London.
Three hours a day, revel in the stories and characters, memories and aspirations which make London such a great place to live and work.
Art, architecture, history, movies, shopping, drinking and dining all carried out to a soundtrack of music for grown ups.
The Robert Elms Show is tailor-made for you, dear Londoner.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: Section with Mihir starts at 1:36:40. This programme will only be available until the 26th January)
January 17, 2012
Meet David Collier, the England cricket chief on Australia's side
Evening Standard
When David Collier moved in to Lord's in 2004, Australia were ruling cricket while England were among the chasing pack.
Now the roles are reversed, with Andrew Strauss's men looking to cement their place at the top of the rankings during the three-Test series against Pakistan which began in Dubai today.
Australia claimed a series victory over India on Sunday, a result the Baggy Greens could not have envisaged a month ago when their first home Test defeat to New Zealand in more than a quarter of a century sparked headlines such as 'Aussie cricket crisis' and 'Lowest of the low'.
When David Collier moved in to Lord's in 2004, Australia were ruling cricket while England were among the chasing pack.
Now the roles are reversed, with Andrew Strauss's men looking to cement their place at the top of the rankings during the three-Test series against Pakistan which began in Dubai today.
Australia claimed a series victory over India on Sunday, a result the Baggy Greens could not have envisaged a month ago when their first home Test defeat to New Zealand in more than a quarter of a century sparked headlines such as 'Aussie cricket crisis' and 'Lowest of the low'.
England's desert test
PlayUp
Mihir Bose discusses the England vs Pakistan Test series in Dubai in January 2012 and how Pakistan will struggle to bowl England out twice!
Mihir Bose discusses the England vs Pakistan Test series in Dubai in January 2012 and how Pakistan will struggle to bowl England out twice!
January 16, 2012
Block At The Heart of Indian Cricket
Outlook - Opinion
A wealthy Board, wealthy players, but a poverty of strategy and ambition—and a 'cool' captain who's clueless
Indian cricket is in the classic position of the rich man who finds that money does not bring success, let alone happiness. To anyone brought up on Bollywood films, that is hardly a surprising script, but it's the grim reality that stares Indian cricket in the face. What makes it worse is its predictability. The easy thing would be to fault the IPL. It is more than that. The sad situation is the result of years of mismanagement and any lack of strategic thinking. This is a problem that goes beyond cricket to what may be called the national psyche.
I was made aware of this back in 2002. India had just won a Test in Trinidad—the first Test they had won in the West Indies since that epic victory, also at Trinidad, back in 1976. After the victory, captain Sourav Ganguly kissed the turf of the Queen's Park Oval; I felt it epitomised the new India. Yet the next Test in Barbados saw Ganguly run out Rahul Dravid and an abysmal batting collapse. Far from looking like victors, Indians looked a deflated team waiting to go home. A perceptive critic defined it as the poverty of ambition. India had won one Test in the Caribbean; what more was required? Indian cricket has always suffered from this syndrome.
A wealthy Board, wealthy players, but a poverty of strategy and ambition—and a 'cool' captain who's clueless
Indian cricket is in the classic position of the rich man who finds that money does not bring success, let alone happiness. To anyone brought up on Bollywood films, that is hardly a surprising script, but it's the grim reality that stares Indian cricket in the face. What makes it worse is its predictability. The easy thing would be to fault the IPL. It is more than that. The sad situation is the result of years of mismanagement and any lack of strategic thinking. This is a problem that goes beyond cricket to what may be called the national psyche.
I was made aware of this back in 2002. India had just won a Test in Trinidad—the first Test they had won in the West Indies since that epic victory, also at Trinidad, back in 1976. After the victory, captain Sourav Ganguly kissed the turf of the Queen's Park Oval; I felt it epitomised the new India. Yet the next Test in Barbados saw Ganguly run out Rahul Dravid and an abysmal batting collapse. Far from looking like victors, Indians looked a deflated team waiting to go home. A perceptive critic defined it as the poverty of ambition. India had won one Test in the Caribbean; what more was required? Indian cricket has always suffered from this syndrome.
Spurs title talk still a year too early
PlayUp
One more year of promise could see Harry's men claim the ultimate prize
Much has been made of whether Tottenham can win the Premiership.
The talk of Tottenham as champions has made me revisit an interview I did almost exactly a year ago with Heurelho Gomes. Remember him? He was then Tottenham's No. 1 goalkeeper
One more year of promise could see Harry's men claim the ultimate prize
Much has been made of whether Tottenham can win the Premiership.
The talk of Tottenham as champions has made me revisit an interview I did almost exactly a year ago with Heurelho Gomes. Remember him? He was then Tottenham's No. 1 goalkeeper
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