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I first saw Benjamin Zephaniah in 1984 at a concert in Brockwell Park. I had gone for The Damned, The Fall and to save the GLC (that went well!) but it is the memory of BZ that remains most vivid. He opened my eyes and changed the way I saw the world.

From an article in The Gentleman's Journal entitled How to Buy Titles and Influence People: Forget buying degrees online — it’s far simpler and more prestigious to join some of Britain’s oldest institutions of learning. Take the Royal Society of the Arts, founded in 1754 and boasting alumni...

You would imagine wrong. Dunk can probably sprint 100m in 12 seconds or so. That is 8m/s or 33cm every 1/25th of a second. So even if he is going at a fifth of his top speed he is moving over 6cm in 1/25th of a scecond. If the last defender is moving the other way at a similar leisurely...

Or even better go from Harwich.

For all Murray Lachlan Young fans (and I know there are at least two of you out there), he has only gone and done a musical! Starring the unlikely combination of Mica Paris and Keith Allen, it is on in London's Glittering West End for a month from 12th January.

I queued behind Linford Christie in a newsagents on Kensington High Street in 1986.

Don't contact the debt collectors. They have no power at all and just use intimidatory letters to scare you, they will also not be able to give you details of the "offence". Contacting them just confirms that they have the right address! Now probably just best to wait to see if you get a Letter...

That's WBG!!?? I thought we'd signed Roberto di Matteo.

I was in Lille this weekend. In a lovely park full of families and tourists there were 4 (four) SUVs each containing 4 (four) fully armed soldiers as well as the usual gangs of strolling police with guns, tazers and nightsticks. The French do like to go in mob-handed and tooled up.

The Amex is bottom of the league for pre-match pints according to a study by AceOdds. According to the study, there are only three pubs within 15 minutes' walking distance with only Man City worse with two (compared to 131 for St James' Park). When a weighted score using the top Google star...

Good article by Barney Ronay in the Guardian about how Maguire makes the whole team worse.

Counter-Gareth: Northfields

That's a myth.

Giggs wasn't charged with violence against women during his career at ManU.

The £105 million would be amortised over the length of the contract. If the contract is 3 years it is 35 million/year debit, if it is 5 years it is 21 million/year. There is currently no contract so no-one knows how long it is and what effect it would have on FFP. Any debits for FFP can be...

Noel Bigo Atom is an anagram of O Albion got me. It's a done deal!

Kenny Tutt closing Pitch in Worthing.

New mix of Good Technology by Red Guitars.

Have I missed soemthing? is the Dripping Pan no longer the Dripping Pan?

Entering: Should I Stay or Should I go Now - The Clash Middle Bit: Rip it Up and Start Again - Orange Juice Cremation: (Burn Baby Burn) Disco Inferno - The Trammps