Sir,
Wilfred Owen and the millions of others whose lives were taken in WW1 and 2 died in the filth of dispute. It matters therefore that their countrymen and families should be able to remember them in the places they were born and raised before being so cruelly cut down in no-man's land, in the dirt and squalor of war.
Mr Anson (letters 18.01. 2012) thinks we could or should just nip over to the Commomwealth War Graves sites if we wish to commemorate them. What he illustrates by default is that, unlike Tranmere Rovers FC and WBC, those originally responsible for placing and maintaining the Commonwealth War Graves would not have dreamed of turning over the turf and memory of the fallen dead to turn a penny. Nor should we.
Yours,
Louise Stothard
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Wisden of Geoffrey Boycott 08.02.2012
The Wisden of Geoffrey Boycott.
You can only get better by first admitting that you were not as good as you thought you were.
It's all very well for Jimmy Anderson to complain that the ball wasn't turnin' but if you can't make runs on flat bitches then you haven't a hope in hell of winning Test matches.
On the evidence here, England look a one-dimensional team who only bowl well on flat bitches or against zeam-bowlers when their batsmen can go'ard att the ball.
England have had a helluvalot of batsmen that were better than this lot. I should know. I was one of them, averaging 59 in any Test Match on the subcontinent.
In Sri Lanka next month, they may well get turning bitches but they may also be lucky and face flat batting tracks.
You see you cannot win Test matches unless you make runs. I've said it before. We didn't have a cat in hell's chance of winning.
I am convinced that Bell cannot pick Saeed Ajmal. Pieterson shows glimpses of lettin' the ball come to him, playing straighter, but just when you think he is getting better, he reverts to his old faults of lunging in front of 'is pad and playin' across the line.
The only way Morgan's gonna get any runs at Test level is to play his shots but I am still not con-vinced that he is the man for a crisis moment. You see, Cook and Strauss defended their stumps, let the ball come to them, just knocked it for one so that they rotated the strike.
I've said it before, matches are won by an accumulation of runs, not by grand gestures..they always go wrong in the end.
I'm a great believer in puttin' runs on the board. Then before you know it, you've got forty or fifty before the middle order even comes in. (OK I made that piece of Boycott Wisden up but you wouldn't have noticed, would you??).
You can only get better by first admitting that you were not as good as you thought you were.
It's all very well for Jimmy Anderson to complain that the ball wasn't turnin' but if you can't make runs on flat bitches then you haven't a hope in hell of winning Test matches.
On the evidence here, England look a one-dimensional team who only bowl well on flat bitches or against zeam-bowlers when their batsmen can go'ard att the ball.
England have had a helluvalot of batsmen that were better than this lot. I should know. I was one of them, averaging 59 in any Test Match on the subcontinent.
In Sri Lanka next month, they may well get turning bitches but they may also be lucky and face flat batting tracks.
You see you cannot win Test matches unless you make runs. I've said it before. We didn't have a cat in hell's chance of winning.
I am convinced that Bell cannot pick Saeed Ajmal. Pieterson shows glimpses of lettin' the ball come to him, playing straighter, but just when you think he is getting better, he reverts to his old faults of lunging in front of 'is pad and playin' across the line.
The only way Morgan's gonna get any runs at Test level is to play his shots but I am still not con-vinced that he is the man for a crisis moment. You see, Cook and Strauss defended their stumps, let the ball come to them, just knocked it for one so that they rotated the strike.
I've said it before, matches are won by an accumulation of runs, not by grand gestures..they always go wrong in the end.
I'm a great believer in puttin' runs on the board. Then before you know it, you've got forty or fifty before the middle order even comes in. (OK I made that piece of Boycott Wisden up but you wouldn't have noticed, would you??).
Gay bishops to be defrocked. 04.02.2012.
Source: The Independent 04.02.2012.
Church of England solicitors have drawn up a document detailing the circumstances in which a cleric would be legally banned from becoming a bishop.
The caveat in the legal note says that only those who had 'repented their physical gay past' could be considered for the bishopric.
It was nicknamed the 'The Jeffrey John clause' after the openly gay Dean of St.Alban's who was made to relinquish his 'Bishop of Reading' appointment in 2003.
It has been reported that the Right Reverend John had had enough of being passed over for promotion and has instructed a specialist employment law firm to begin proceedings against the Cof E.
Wierdly, Jeffrey Johns is the split of Elton John.
Colin Coward, director of the pro-gay lobby says 'The church is sick, it needs to be fixed right away'.
The word 'Bishopric'
may now have a rather less
reverential slant.
Clergy revered by
their partners are 'not fit' to
preach what they practise.
Defrocking-is that
just a euphemism for banning
gay clergy from office?
Elton lookalike
Jeffrey John is most like him
in both word and deed.
Unholy row means
that Dean of St Alban's can't
Carry On Preaching.
Church of England solicitors have drawn up a document detailing the circumstances in which a cleric would be legally banned from becoming a bishop.
The caveat in the legal note says that only those who had 'repented their physical gay past' could be considered for the bishopric.
It was nicknamed the 'The Jeffrey John clause' after the openly gay Dean of St.Alban's who was made to relinquish his 'Bishop of Reading' appointment in 2003.
It has been reported that the Right Reverend John had had enough of being passed over for promotion and has instructed a specialist employment law firm to begin proceedings against the Cof E.
Wierdly, Jeffrey Johns is the split of Elton John.
Colin Coward, director of the pro-gay lobby says 'The church is sick, it needs to be fixed right away'.
The word 'Bishopric'
may now have a rather less
reverential slant.
Clergy revered by
their partners are 'not fit' to
preach what they practise.
Defrocking-is that
just a euphemism for banning
gay clergy from office?
Elton lookalike
Jeffrey John is most like him
in both word and deed.
Unholy row means
that Dean of St Alban's can't
Carry On Preaching.
Duke's dog does duty 02.02.2012.
The Times, 02.02.2012. reports that the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have a cocker spaniel puppy which is currently sharing their home in Anglesey. 'It will no doubt' the paper adds 'provide company for the duchess when William is on a 6 week tour of duty in the Falklands'.
The original dog, Otto was accused of swallowing the pearl earrings that he gave his then girlfriend for her 28th birthday.
Duke's dog does duty,
deposits dirt while duke does
dark, dastardly deeds.
Cocker spaniel cocks
leg while William cocks a snook
at Argentina.
Pearl earrings swallowed
by his dog. Was pearl necklace
swallowed by his girl?
Puppy provides Kate
with company, Anglesey
with loads of dog dirt.
The original dog, Otto was accused of swallowing the pearl earrings that he gave his then girlfriend for her 28th birthday.
Duke's dog does duty,
deposits dirt while duke does
dark, dastardly deeds.
Cocker spaniel cocks
leg while William cocks a snook
at Argentina.
Pearl earrings swallowed
by his dog. Was pearl necklace
swallowed by his girl?
Puppy provides Kate
with company, Anglesey
with loads of dog dirt.
Float like a butterfly. 05.0.2012.
I used to float like a butterfly,
sting like a bee
but that was many moths ago.
sting like a bee
but that was many moths ago.
Royal dog reverts to type 05.02.2012.
Source: The Daily Telegraph 2003.
Princess Anne became the first Royal to have a criminal record when her bull terrier, Dottie savaged two boys in Windsor Great Park last year. This year it was accused of mauling one of the queen's corgis at Sandringham. The corgi was put down. The dog was exonerated when it was discovered that the mauling was at the hands of the Princess Royal's other bull terrier.
Princess Anne's terrier
savaged boys but still gets
a Royal Pardon.
Princess Anne became the first Royal to have a criminal record when her bull terrier, Dottie savaged two boys in Windsor Great Park last year. This year it was accused of mauling one of the queen's corgis at Sandringham. The corgi was put down. The dog was exonerated when it was discovered that the mauling was at the hands of the Princess Royal's other bull terrier.
Princess Anne's terrier
savaged boys but still gets
a Royal Pardon.
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