Mar

29

Cheshire Cat

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This, the 67 mile Cheshire Cat was my second sportive, last year’s medium Tour Ride around Stoke having been the first. The weather started off rather cool but warmed up by early afternoon to the point where arm warmers and gilet could happily be removed. Mow Cop is quite a climb. I’ve had one previous [...]

Mar

19

Achilles (Carol Ann Duffy)

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Achilles (for David Beckham) from today’s Daily Mirror Myth’s river- where his mother dipped him, fished him, a slippery golden boyflowed on, his name on its lips. Without him, it was prophesised, they would not take Troy. Women hid him, concealed him in girls’ sarongs; days of sweetmeats, spices, silver songs… but when Odysseus came, [...]

Mar

3

save6music

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A few thoughts on the BBC’s strategic review: ‘Being efficient and offering better value for money’ is a very subjective principle. In comparison with Sky TV, the BBC offers ‘only’ 7 or 8 full-time equivalent TV channels and a similar number of radio stations. However, if Sky TV disappeared overnight its place in British culture [...]