Talk of Dickie Bird has reminded me of the valediction to his career as described in Simon Armitage’s ‘All Points North’: “Five days ago he fought his way through the upstanding members of the MCC an… (View Post)

Yes, the stupid part was saying it would only apply to black men. (View Post)

There is a light in that window no more. (This is quite an obscure Dickie Bird reference - but I remember him stopping play against the West Indies at Old Trafford due to excess sunlight, reflecting … (View Post)

I don't think it was, from the context of someone 'missing a piece'. But it could have been. I quite enjoyed not being able to know, actually. (View Post)

Off thread: a vignette from drop off of my Y6 daughter (10) at school this morning - around 8 children, crowded around, looking at a thing (it was reported that this was a 'cube puzzle' - I… (View Post)