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On The Censorship of Cricket
The thing that caught my ear this morning was the cricket scores. England are on tour, playing Pakistan… in Abu Dhabi. The English cricketers cannot travel to play in actual Pakistan due to security threats. This echoes the problems experienced … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Sport
Tagged ballet, censorship, Cricket, dance, free expression, fundamentalism, Islamists, Pakistan
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Evolution of Skydiving Videos
Chief amongst its virtues is the focus on stillness and calm, and the relative stasis that you achieve in freefall Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sport
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Its Only A Game
Our aquiesence to the Footballing Rule of Law would make any civil libertarian proud. Continue reading
Posted in Sport
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The World Cup is Not Xenophobic
We’re only three days into the World Cup, and already I’m tired of the drone. I speak not of the Vuzuvelas, but of the naysayers who dismiss the World Cup as being somehow xenophobic. Continue reading
Posted in Multiculturalism, Sport
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Tiger, Terry and Truth
How do the lies of Tiger Woods and John Terry compare to the lies of those who advertise beauty products? We all know these supermodels are heavily photoshopped. Why don’t they lose their sponsorship deals when Heat Magazine reveals they have saggy bits? Continue reading
Posted in Media, Sport, Visual
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Who runs faster than Usain Bolt?
Watch the photographers chase after Bolt! Continue reading
Embarrass Yourself For Money
This fine gentleman is providing us with an embarrassing story from his life, for every £100 he gets in sponsorship for running the marathon next month. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F29%2Fembarrass-yourself-for-money%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Embarrass+Yourself+For+Money’; addthis_pub = ”;
Posted in London, Sport
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British Commentators
The old customs don’t die with the new technology. Continue reading
Posted in Internet Philosophy, Scotland, Sport, USA
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India’s Olympic Shame
Here’s an interesting alternative medal table (h/t KiwiClaire). It ranks the countries not by how many Beijing Olympic medals they have won, but by their ratio of medals to population, and to GDP. Britain does not do quite as well … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Sport
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Four billion!?
Surely these media claims that four billion people watched the ceremony is stinking hyperbole Continue reading
Posted in Art and Cultures, China, Sport
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