You never quite know what you’re going to get with the American music writer Greil Marcus, although I’m a fan: … More
Month: July 2009
Tom Simpson, ‘cycling’s Icarus’
The Tour de France climbed Mont Ventoux yesterday, and the British riders found their way to pay their respects to … More
Managing genius
One of the stars, for me, of Jonathan Wilson’s geeky but entertaining global history of football tactics, Inverting the Pyramid, … More
The secret of ‘The Red Shoes’
The Red Shoes isn’t the best of Powell and Pressburger’s movies – that title would come down to a duel … More
Gangster Macbeth
Love&Madness‘ setting of Macbeth, currently at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, moves it from mediaeval Scotland to a pub in … More
Gideon Haigh on the Ashes
The Australian journalist Gideon Haigh is probably the best living cricket writer, certainly in English, and during 2005 we had … More
Some of the best books on bike racing
I’m never sure about posts which are basically lists, but I have been mulling this one over for a few … More