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Misread this as “shadow Morrissey”. Sensible policies for a happier Britain. Sort of.

“It’s the game they play in heaven. I’m confident of it. I still have dreams about playing.” Robert Paylor on rugby, his book, Paralyzed to Powerful, and the road ahead… theguardian.com/sport/2025/may…

Book story. 'He didn't understand': New book claims Biden shocked as wife announced 2024 run rawstory.com/raw-investigat…

People have made the “RFK Jr up shit creek” gag, right? Workshopping refs to paddles and wire canoes.

Martin Pengelly Whilst looking for something else I found this. I was at the game so would have seen you in action.

“The next generation of American ruggers are coming. And these kids are good” - Beef Hill 5🏴‍☠️, Army Men’s Rugby class of 2002, for The National Maul, on coaching kids in Texas. Dallen Stanford 🎙️ Stephen Lewis Will Hooley The Rugby Rundown Rugby Morning 🏉 open.substack.com/pub/thenationa…

Man who wrote, edited and printed a Roundhay Subbuteo League newspaper when he was 10 finds self constantly pleased by Substack layout. New at National Maul: Bryan Phillips, West Point '02, on coaching the next generation with the West Houston Lions: thenationalmaul.substack.com/p/rugby-in-kat…

The Afterlife of Malcolm X: how the civil rights icon influenced America A pleasure to interview @MarkTWhitaker about his fascinating new book. Among effects of reading and talking to Mark, my Miles Davis & John Coltrane CDs are back in heavy rotation… theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

True then, true now. #IronMike British & Irish Lions

Eric Champ Rugby, maybe. theguardian.com/sport/2025/may…

Thanks Martin Pengelly of the The Guardian for the great conversation!

Underrated album… music.apple.com/us/album/get-u…

“The reason why a franchise system works in America is because they also have the draft and a salary cap. Rugby union seems to have this half-European, half-American approach but it doesn’t seem to work for them either way” – Dr Ellie Nesbitt theguardian.com/sport/2025/may…

A joy to share the great @ScrumPusher's thoughts about coaching his kids to play the sport he and I love. The Row Knows, You See. The Row Knows. Rugby in Katy, Texas: passing backwards to move forwards with West Houston Lions thenationalmaul.substack.com/p/rugby-in-kat…

This is such a shock. It was my good fortune enough to work alongside Duncan Campbell at Time Out in the '70s and then for many years at the Guardian. He was a great man. theguardian.com/media/2025/may…

A fellow member described him as a tidy off-spinner and patient batsman, “utterly selfless as a player”, adding that “his prime skill lay in using his inquisitive kindness … to magically fuse the individuals, some of them socially awkward, into a team…” theguardian.com/media/2025/may…

The city’s least self-conscious, Rupert Murdoch-owned daily newspaper sticks to its story, new information be damned, yet holds real clout in liberal New York. Source: The New Yorker Shared via the Google app share.google/?link=https://…

It’s time…