Is the disparaging treatment meted out to the Serb because he is not considered white enough by the West?
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SCREEN GRAB: Funny, not funny
HBO’s Fake Famous is a humorous dive into the Instagram racket, but it misses the painful collateral damage of the influencer economy
Posted inSport
Serena Williams vs Margaret Court: Much ado about Number 24*
Most of Margaret Court’s Grand Slams were won in the pre-Open era. Using her 24 titles as a benchmark for Serena Williams is comparing apples to pears
Posted inEquality, Sport
Why sportsmen should earn more than women
There are many good grounds on which to attack both the patriarchy and capitalism, but the elimination of the gender pay gap in professional sport is not one of them
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Death of a school friend
The first time I encountered Robert Jackson, as a seven-year-old in the Sandown Primary School playground, I hit him in the teeth and made him howl. This was ironic in that during our respective school careers I was a first-class wuss whereas Rob had a reputation as something of a fighter. The second irony was […]