My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
January isn't most people's favourite month. I've heard a lot of people complaining about it. It's cold. Christmas has gone and won't be back for a long time so it seems like there's nothing to celebrate. It hasn't snowed. It probably won't. A holiday to somewhere warm would be nice but.... So, with a brief …
Continue reading My top ten to bring us in from the January cold
A new season, a new person to love, to hate. Change manifests itself in football as the wind blows in the autumn leaves. Last season Ronald Koeman was doing well; this season, without Lukaku, he is floundering and many fans are booing during Everton games, blaming him for the low league position after he has …
From our first day at school – maybe even before that – we are told that bullying is wrong. It's not difficult to work out morally. When a person is marginalised, abused, made to feel isolated, hurt, it can't be right. Schools and institutions do their best to eradicate it yet, headteachers admit, it is …
I know I shouldn't, but I have a soft spot for the clichéd phrase 'You couldn't write it!' or 'You couldn't make it up!' If you prefer, as sports commentators say, 'You couldn't write a script like it!' As a writer, it gives me a warm feeling that, sometimes, life can imitate ludicrous coincidence found …
Last night, for about 45 minutes, Liverpool FC looked like they might just win the Europa League final against Sevilla after a world-class goal by Daniel Sturridge put them ahead. Then, as soon as the second half started, Sevilla came back with a real intention to make the game theirs and scored. The Liverpool players' …
Jürgen Klopp came to Liverpool six months ago, inheriting a tired team who played slack and lacklustre football. He has brought with him a reputation, a rock star charisma, a keen and articulate intelligence and a unique sense of humour and mischief which would quickly endear him to fans. More importantly, he has brought the …
Continue reading What if Jeremy Corbyn were more like Jürgen Klopp?
I have two wonderful friends who both hate football. They hate it with a vengeance. They are both brilliant musicians - I am not sure if that is a relevant factor - as if, in some way, being a specific kind of underpaid genius is a fair reason which justifies their sustained disdain for all things football. Friend …
Steven Gerrard is something of a Hamlet figure to me: he possesses the Danish prince's intelligence and wit, albeit in his feet. He has a fatal flaw - he will never achieve his full potential: remember the slip at Chelsea. He is a hero figure: the night in Istanbul and the dynamism of his leadership …
That quintessence of dust 