THE FIRST INTERVIEW I EVER GAVE
From Middlesex Matters 1984, Simon Hughes interviewed by Manoj Badale, now the owner of Rajasthan Royals
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The Cricketer 100 not out
‘The Analyst’ on balancing necessary change with respecting 300-year-old traditions PELHAM WARNER heralded The Cricketer, which the former Middlesex and England captain launched in April 1921, as ‘a bible to be collected in instalments’....
Athers’ lockdown choices
SPORT Mike Atherton’s ten favourite sports books You can’t watch it during the coronavirus crisis, but you can certainly read about it; our chief cricket writer tips his sporting favourites Mike Atherton Tuesday March...
SIMPLE ITALIAN PLEASURES AT SIMPLE PRICES
By SIMON HUGHES FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 14:21, 4 January 2020 | UPDATED: 18:01, 4 January 2020 Those who crave simple, unpolluted, old-fashioned pleasures will appreciate Le Marche — a region of Italy, between the Adriatic Sea and the...
Sheffield Cricket Lovers Society Xmas Lunch
A lovely comment from a satisfied new listener at the above event which contained the father and grandfather of two England captains – Michael Vaughan and Joe Root. “Today was a super event. The...
Cretan surprises
The Greeks like to say that Chania is their version of Venice. But there are no canals or exorbitantly-priced shoes and you don’t keep getting lost so its a gross exaggeration. Its narrow, winding...
Williamson: the soft extinguisher of hope
Of the four men currently dominating the ICC batting rankings, Kane Williamson is the least conspicuous. The jerky, fidgety Steve Smith accumulates runs with robotic relentlessness, Virat Kohli bristles with impetuousness at the crease,...
NON STOP TO PERTH AND BACK
The best programme on Australian TV is the weather forecast. An impossibly tanned presenter in a floral shirt flashes his bleached-teeth smile at the camera and waves his hand airly about a map of...
A new delivery
A jellyfish is the oldest multi-organ animal on the planet – it has existed for over 500m years. It has never evolved its basic structure which has allowed it to survive, but also consigned...
Good morning Doctor Kumar
I walk down a quiet, Jasmine-scented road in the early morning sunshine and through the gates of a rambling villa, set in verdant hills, its pleasant, leafy garden spreading out on all sides with...
