Chris
@missingintheslips.bsky.social
Trying to watch more cricket than I write about. 🏏 Seeing two books through the presses. One is about Nancy Sharp [https://tinyurl.com/2736jaw4]. C.L.R. James and John Arlott both get a mention in the other one [https://tinyurl.com/465bnwzv].
'The Silent Light' for Jamaica. $10Million donation.
Amid relentless games, pressure, and blinding lights, Luka Dončić still found time to care for those half a world away .HP – BestTopixs
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November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
'The Silent Light' for Jamaica. $10Million donation.
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Would probably have finished reading this already if I didn’t keep having to stop to put the pages back in.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Would probably have finished reading this already if I didn’t keep having to stop to put the pages back in.
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Celebrating 7 years sober from alcohol today & maybe the best thing about it is how mundane it feels. I know how in early sobriety it feels like every single day will be a fight—& it can certainly remain that way—but it can also become a new & beautifully boring normal. Thanks be to God. ♥️
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Celebrating 7 years sober from alcohol today & maybe the best thing about it is how mundane it feels. I know how in early sobriety it feels like every single day will be a fight—& it can certainly remain that way—but it can also become a new & beautifully boring normal. Thanks be to God. ♥️
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HUGE FIRST BSKY POST
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
HUGE FIRST BSKY POST
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Could you be considered a casualty of the Wars of the Roses if you were killed by an old halberd falling off a wall or something
Now I’m wondering what’s the oldest possible war you could still considered to be a casualty of if you got injured on a weapon from it current day. Like is there a cutoff for this kind of thing. Because I would like to live to an old age and then go out with a good story so I’m just wondering
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Could you be considered a casualty of the Wars of the Roses if you were killed by an old halberd falling off a wall or something
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Now I’m wondering what’s the oldest possible war you could still considered to be a casualty of if you got injured on a weapon from it current day. Like is there a cutoff for this kind of thing. Because I would like to live to an old age and then go out with a good story so I’m just wondering
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Now I’m wondering what’s the oldest possible war you could still considered to be a casualty of if you got injured on a weapon from it current day. Like is there a cutoff for this kind of thing. Because I would like to live to an old age and then go out with a good story so I’m just wondering
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Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
The glorious thing about football is it's not uncommon for UEFA and/or FIFA to leave me thinking, "well, at least someone is messing up a sport more than the ICC." Here's today The Guardian on how World Cup qualifying is going: " Moldova and San Marino could make it." No disrespect to either, but...
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The glorious thing about football is it's not uncommon for UEFA and/or FIFA to leave me thinking, "well, at least someone is messing up a sport more than the ICC." Here's today The Guardian on how World Cup qualifying is going: " Moldova and San Marino could make it." No disrespect to either, but...
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Someone has suggested…
…Stiff Writtle Fingers
Clear leader so far
…Stiff Writtle Fingers
Clear leader so far
Ok, inspired by Brentwood Mac, who rocked Hatfield Peverel Village Hall in July, name your Essex-based tribute bands 🎸
I’ve got…
Lloyd Colchester and the Commotions
Iron Maldon
Queens of the Ingatestone Age
Walton-on-the-Naze against the Machine
I’ve got…
Lloyd Colchester and the Commotions
Iron Maldon
Queens of the Ingatestone Age
Walton-on-the-Naze against the Machine
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Someone has suggested…
…Stiff Writtle Fingers
Clear leader so far
…Stiff Writtle Fingers
Clear leader so far
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Another fabulous day at The West of England Cricket Society with Stephen Chalke interviewing the highly entertaining Dan Norcross👏👏
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Another fabulous day at The West of England Cricket Society with Stephen Chalke interviewing the highly entertaining Dan Norcross👏👏
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On the plus side, if it were to explode, Southend might briefly have a space program.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On the plus side, if it were to explode, Southend might briefly have a space program.
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Cade Cunningham really took 45 shots tonight. Forty. Five. Shots.
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cade Cunningham really took 45 shots tonight. Forty. Five. Shots.
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This day may have presented the most unexpected contrast yet in the life of a medievalist in the fjords. Around noon, I sent off the final corrections for this year's issue of the journal I'm editing. A few hours later I fished the pelt from a deer's abdomen out of a brook.
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This day may have presented the most unexpected contrast yet in the life of a medievalist in the fjords. Around noon, I sent off the final corrections for this year's issue of the journal I'm editing. A few hours later I fished the pelt from a deer's abdomen out of a brook.
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Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
“He would not have objected to being described as a mercenary”: Phil Mead and the Battle with Poverty
Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
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Three of my Austen-adjacent cartoons are featured in the The Jane Austen Society of North America’s latest instalment of ‘Unexpectedly Austen’:
www.jasna.org/austen/unexpectedlyausten/
www.jasna.org/austen/unexpectedlyausten/
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Three of my Austen-adjacent cartoons are featured in the The Jane Austen Society of North America’s latest instalment of ‘Unexpectedly Austen’:
www.jasna.org/austen/unexpectedlyausten/
www.jasna.org/austen/unexpectedlyausten/
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Jaylen Brown’s faith and confidence in the Celtics keep growing as Boston secured a revenge win over the Magic on Sunday.
"We just had some big-time guys make some big-time plays, and that’s what we needed."
Read @celticsblog.bsky.social: www.celticsblog.com/articles/124...
"We just had some big-time guys make some big-time plays, and that’s what we needed."
Read @celticsblog.bsky.social: www.celticsblog.com/articles/124...
“I believe in them”: Celtics lifted Jaylen Brown’s spirit in redemption win over Magic
Boston captured its revenge over Orlando.
www.celticsblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Jaylen Brown’s faith and confidence in the Celtics keep growing as Boston secured a revenge win over the Magic on Sunday.
"We just had some big-time guys make some big-time plays, and that’s what we needed."
Read @celticsblog.bsky.social: www.celticsblog.com/articles/124...
"We just had some big-time guys make some big-time plays, and that’s what we needed."
Read @celticsblog.bsky.social: www.celticsblog.com/articles/124...
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Interview with Tom Lawes, who was handed an England development contract last week, is nearing 100 first-class wickets, has added a yard of pace and counts Andrew Flintoff as a big fan.
I know I have a quick spell in me: Rise of Tom Lawes continues with England deal | The Cricketer
The decision to hand Tom Lawes a development deal drifted under the radar amid an upcoming Ashes series, but it speaks to England's interest in a 22-year-old already nearing 100 first-class wickets
www.thecricketer.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Interview with Tom Lawes, who was handed an England development contract last week, is nearing 100 first-class wickets, has added a yard of pace and counts Andrew Flintoff as a big fan.
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I have posted a few stats on South Africa A's successful run-chase of 417-5 against India A here:
andrewsamson.substack.com/notes
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November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I have posted a few stats on South Africa A's successful run-chase of 417-5 against India A here:
andrewsamson.substack.com/notes
andrewsamson.substack.com/notes
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Making an impact in disability cricket 🏏
Our Super 9s team's partnership with Vertu has been nominated in the Best Sponsorship category at the Business of Cricket Awards 🏆
Full details 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/iyxkmetcxw
Our Super 9s team's partnership with Vertu has been nominated in the Best Sponsorship category at the Business of Cricket Awards 🏆
Full details 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/iyxkmetcxw
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Making an impact in disability cricket 🏏
Our Super 9s team's partnership with Vertu has been nominated in the Best Sponsorship category at the Business of Cricket Awards 🏆
Full details 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/iyxkmetcxw
Our Super 9s team's partnership with Vertu has been nominated in the Best Sponsorship category at the Business of Cricket Awards 🏆
Full details 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/iyxkmetcxw
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Hot off the press release. My second book is a collection of interviews with Irish writers from Alice Taylor in 1991 to Sebastian Barry, Wendy Erskine, Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, John Banville, Emma Donoghue and Anna Burns in 2025. Out April from the Lilliput Press
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Hot off the press release. My second book is a collection of interviews with Irish writers from Alice Taylor in 1991 to Sebastian Barry, Wendy Erskine, Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, John Banville, Emma Donoghue and Anna Burns in 2025. Out April from the Lilliput Press
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🏏🌍 Cricket x Climate x COP30! Fillongley CC to be showcased by the UK Pavilion...
🌱 This video, showcasing all their amazing efforts to make their cricket club more sustainable and nature friendly will be showing at the UK's pavilion 👍
youtu.be/K9cnmfSuUMM?...
🌱 This video, showcasing all their amazing efforts to make their cricket club more sustainable and nature friendly will be showing at the UK's pavilion 👍
youtu.be/K9cnmfSuUMM?...
Fillongley Cricket Club | Showcased at the UK Pavilion, COP30
Fillongley Cricket Club is an open entry cricket club run by volunteers in the ancient Arden Forest, North Warwickshire, England. We have two pitches and an excellent pavilion and run men's, women's…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🏏🌍 Cricket x Climate x COP30! Fillongley CC to be showcased by the UK Pavilion...
🌱 This video, showcasing all their amazing efforts to make their cricket club more sustainable and nature friendly will be showing at the UK's pavilion 👍
youtu.be/K9cnmfSuUMM?...
🌱 This video, showcasing all their amazing efforts to make their cricket club more sustainable and nature friendly will be showing at the UK's pavilion 👍
youtu.be/K9cnmfSuUMM?...
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This month is the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This month is the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
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We will respect them but also, have you taken the two minute silence to really think about the value of your property? It's what the fallen would have wanted. They gave their tomorrow so we can tout for your business today.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We will respect them but also, have you taken the two minute silence to really think about the value of your property? It's what the fallen would have wanted. They gave their tomorrow so we can tout for your business today.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.