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Chalke Hist Fest - TuesdayThis is Solstice-Land in June after all and so waking up at 5am because of the light is to be expected. A couple of hours dozing as the lightest of rain tapped at the canvas above and I emerge for a remarkably warm shower. Having gone to sleep shortly after 11 to ...
Chalke Hist Fest 3 - WednesdayI woke up to the sight of an earwig flaunting its acrobatic manoeuvres inside the seam of the canvas above. Not quite panic as I flicked it out the tent door, but it got me moving. An earlier start was necessary because this was the first day of festival ...
Chalke Hist Fest 4 - ThursdayIt’s all become routine now – more or less six years without having camped and I’ve surprised myself by enjoying it! The warm showers and the Kiwi coffee van twenty metres away lures me out in the morning, a couple of protein ‘crisps’ and a Nakd bar providing ...
Reinforcements arrive at the Chalke Hist Fest 5 - Friday
It had been a relatively late one as the campsite dragged itself up and back to it. The antics seemed to be crescendoing into the weekend. Having spent a pleasant evening in the company of Aspects of History’s Editor-at-large Justin ...
Winding Down at the Chalke Hist Fest - Saturday & Sunday
This was the day that sapped me, the closeness of the heat unendurable and getting oneself up for another talk tricky as the crowds swarmed to Broad Chalke in their droves. The cool mornings, however, have been productive, typing ...
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Blood And Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History, by Liam O’Callaghan
You might be forgiven for thinking that life has always been this rosy for the Ireland’s men’s team. Sure, that pesky record of never winning a knock-out tie at the Rugby World Cup remains, but the feat of most Six Nations
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination, by Brendan Cooper
It is now a cliché - perhaps always has been - to refer to cricket as a rich quarry for artistic achievement, even as mainstream coverage becomes less fixated on the written word and more concerned with the most ...