In order to avoid any potential pitfalls or mishaps, it's always advisable to do your homework when travelling in far off lands. As a fairly laid back sort of character I'm usually inclined to go with the flow but will always research the boring necessities - 'can you drink the local tap water'/'what plug sockets do the locals use?' What I'm not in the habit of googling is 'are the locals allowed to take their nippers to the racing?' We began today with a spring in our step f

It doesn’t seem like two minutes since I sat amongst my peers in Carrington's classroom. United were the dominant force in English football and Sir Alex Ferguson was enjoying the twilight years of his illustrious career. We shared the same canteen as modern day greats - physio’s from Worsley and laundry girls from Salford. These were the rarest of times. A sporting institution of monstrous proportions but with the heartwarming feel of a tight knit family. As young pretenders

Having spent the last three months travelling Australia with my young family I’ve been a little quiet on here. It’s been an incredible experience and we’ve made memories to last a lifetime. Over the coming weeks I’ll be publishing a few pieces that I wrote whilst on the road. Thanks for the continued interest. There can be fewer greater sporting cities on earth than Melbourne. Firstly there’s that great fascination with ‘footy’, or Aussie Rules to us Brits, with nine of the A

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I There’s a fine old town in high Tamil That’s perched amidst its verdant hills, A tribal land that oft changed hands Once grand Tipu’s...

A social media explosion on a par with that of Musk’s latest malfunctioning rocket lit up my news feed earlier this week. From its...