Jon Hotten
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Fear and Loathing at May's Bounty
When John Arlott went Gonzo...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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We need some new adjectives for Phil Salt
The game's lingua franca must catch up with events on batting's latest wild frontier
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September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The Hundred: winners
Was it really only a week ago that the Hundred concluded in a truly boring finish? It appears so. And now that the smoke has cleared, we present those who were triumphant under its auspices...
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September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Three of the LOSERS from this year's Hundred... NEW and FREE at our Substack
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The Hundred: Losers...
Part I of a two-parter on who has succeeded in this last ECB-helmed iteration, and – first up – who definitely hasn't...
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August 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Marnus and the Smith-shaped void
Labuschagne has lost his man in the mirror, and with it some of his identity
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August 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Thanks Lynn, and thanks Matt ... 'a collaborative work of collective autobiography, which, well, is just fcuking great' ... can't say fairer than that.
Matt @mattmuir.bsky.social's Web Curios from Friday has some interesting internet writing things in it, especially the Universal Turing Machine bio narrative: universalturingmachine.co.uk. Read Web Curios! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08...
Richard Beard
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August 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thanks Lynn, and thanks Matt ... 'a collaborative work of collective autobiography, which, well, is just fcuking great' ... can't say fairer than that.
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When The Hundred tells you what it is, listen...
Understanding what the franchise buyers think they have bought offers the first real guide to its future direction
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August 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The harrowing of Chris Woakes
From 'non-negotiable' diving to eleven wides in an over - how do you judge the value of an individual run in a five-day game?
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August 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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The way the light falls
Some memories of Graham Thorpe
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August 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Weary players lost in the moral haze
Proximity of the Hundred extracts its price
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July 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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'I was from the last generation of true believers in the written word, both as a medium for self-expression and an act of resistance. The page was a place where time stopped. What was left? What was written.'
Open some pages of stopped time, any time you like.
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Open some pages of stopped time, any time you like.
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Richard Beard
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July 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
'I was from the last generation of true believers in the written word, both as a medium for self-expression and an act of resistance. The page was a place where time stopped. What was left? What was written.'
Open some pages of stopped time, any time you like.
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Open some pages of stopped time, any time you like.
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Tom Holland recommends Richard Beard’s Universal Turing Machine in today’s Times summer reading special:
July 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Tom Holland recommends Richard Beard’s Universal Turing Machine in today’s Times summer reading special:
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Joe Root and the super-scorers
Thirty-one more runs at Old Trafford puts him on the podium of greatness. But what does it all mean?
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July 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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July 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When you got the 22 you won by...
First phase of Universal Turing Machine now online. Second phase launches in September, inviting submissions from memoir writers. If everyone has a book in them, this is it. universalturingmachine.co.uk/utm/
UTM – Richard Beard
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June 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Kerrang! in the '80s was my bible and many of Mick's books are on my bookshelf. Very sorry to read he & his wife are having a rough time. If you can help....
My dear friend and podcast partner Mick Wall suffered a heart attack ten days ago. In addition, he and his wife Linda are being evicted from their home. I've set up a crowdfunder that explains everything. Please spread the word if you can, thank you!
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June 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Kerrang! in the '80s was my bible and many of Mick's books are on my bookshelf. Very sorry to read he & his wife are having a rough time. If you can help....
My dear friend and podcast partner Mick Wall suffered a heart attack ten days ago. In addition, he and his wife Linda are being evicted from their home. I've set up a crowdfunder that explains everything. Please spread the word if you can, thank you!
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Help raise £10000 to Help Mick Wall – JustGiving Crowdfunding
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June 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My dear friend and podcast partner Mick Wall suffered a heart attack ten days ago. In addition, he and his wife Linda are being evicted from their home. I've set up a crowdfunder that explains everything. Please spread the word if you can, thank you!
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Reputations ii: Rohit through the dark...
Following last week's Part i on Kohli’s Edgbaston epic, a send-off for Rohit Sharma from a murky day at Lord’s…
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May 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Reputations: Virat and Rohit
A two-parter on a couple of innings by the Big Two. Part One is Virat, because, well, Virat's always first...
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May 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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The Ages of Man
Child's play, the hair of KL Rahul and more notes from the IPL
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April 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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This is a wonderful story from Jonathan Hall about Julian Milichamp (yes that Hall)
Please read it and share it.
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The best bloody podshaver in the world
The Millichamp & Hall origin story
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April 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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MSD: The Setting of a Yellow Sun
What now for the King of Super Kings, and more notes from IPL 2025
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April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Meta have only stolen one of my books. I don't know whether to feel ripped off or insulted.
April 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Meta have only stolen one of my books. I don't know whether to feel ripped off or insulted.
They have JUST WORKED THIS OUT in baseball.
April 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
They have JUST WORKED THIS OUT in baseball.
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Getting Hit
How do bowlers deal with hitting batsmen? Which approach works best against speed? When do you turn to Paul McKenna?
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April 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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