A life at the end of history
Posted in Sport on 13 July 2010
What a difference a World Cup makes!
Back in the 70s everyone loved the Dutch football teams. But that was when Holland was regarded as the most civilized country on earth. Liberal and liberated, it was a country whose people appeared to have grown up. These days Holland has moved disgracefully to the right.
The 2010 [...]
Posted in Sport on 28 September 2008
The 1989 Grand Final was only the second Aussie Rules football game I had ever seen. Having migrated here from the Evil Empire, via its northern neighbour Canada, in February that year, I found myself married into an extended family of 18 Hawthorn fanatics. During that year’s football season I exercised my individual right to [...]
Posted in Sport on 26 September 2008
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