“play on, lads!”

“My first memory of watching football on TV was the 1970 World Cup – I was eight, and Gordon’s save from Pele is still the best I’ve ever seen. I still look back at that save and think, ‘How did he ke

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England v Wales… Declan Rice and Aaron Ramsey ...

MY FIRST LONDON HOME

It’s the end of August and I’m crammed into the window seat of a small artisan’s cottage preserved in the spirit of turn-of-the-century Donegal, Ireland. The fireplace, still in regular use, gives out

The quintessential intellectual playwright whose erudition convinces theatregoers they are far cleverer and better-read than they actually are