COME ON ENGLAND!!!

Aus 182-5
Aus need total of 423 to win...
Eng need 5 wickets to win...
but time is running out...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4152350.stm

England 444 all out.
Australia 115-4

Come on!

Have been asked to do a Desert Island Discs thing for a Popular Music academic newsletter thing. After a slow start I really enjoyed it... Not quite totally decided so I thought I'd get you all to read what I've gone for and why. Let me know what you think - and more importantly, whether you agree with me.... And if you are feeling minded to do so ( Read more... )

Two thoroughly contrasting current 'events' which caught my emotions ( Read more... )

Not that anyone's interested... but England have been HAMMERING Australia...

Aussie won the toss and decided to bat... and at lunch are 97 for 5!!!

1 - "High-ranking security and intelligence officials warned in the weeks before the London bombings that the war in Iraq had increased the risk of terrorism in Britain, it was reported today ( Read more... )

Amidst all the pages and pages of speculation/reflection about every minute detail or new photograph relating to the London bombings, it seems the media (or at least the BBC) have FINALLY woken up to the extent of the carnage which is currently taking place in Iraq ( Read more... )

Something that, in a very trivial way, bugs me ( Read more... )

There aren't many things that Michael Howard has said with which I would wish to associate myself, but the following I thought was very well put ( Read more... )

Nicked from rydra_wongHere is more text from that Fox News snippet I included in the last post... Just in case anyone doubted the true EVIL that is FOX, then check the following out ( Read more... )