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Tomorrow the World Cup gets underway on the other side of the border, over in South Africa. I should start by saying I am one of those charitable (also masochistic) souls who love to root for the underdog in international football. But football, being by-and-large a 'fair' sport, generally awards victory to the team of superior ...

The departure of the manager of Liverpool Football Club is a traumatic event to endure. This is one such moment. Rafael Benítez has confirmed that he is leaving the club. Some images will live forever. That nonchalant glance at his wristwatch in the heat of a Champions League semi-final penalty shootout. Another is a picture of ...

Yes, I admit it, I kept refreshing my Google Mail page throughout most of yesterday, and the day before that, in expectation of seeing Google's new Buzz social updating service. I had even taken the extraordinary measure of cleaning out my inbox, so that this newcomer could nest amid pristine surroundings (honestly, Ikram, it's all just ...

During the week I was installing software and generally configuring my new server. In the last couple of hours I copied all the old posts and other data over, so now we are back online!

I will move this site to a new hosting provider after the weekend. During the interregnum it will disappear off the ætherwaves, for no more than a week, I hope.