Hillsborough: Holding the police to account
“It is also a story of deceit and lies, of institutional defensiveness defeating truth and justice. It is evidence of a culture of denial…
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“It is also a story of deceit and lies, of institutional defensiveness defeating truth and justice. It is evidence of a culture of denial…
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Thanks for your remarks, Vas. Well stated and I fear that, as brilliant as Indian cricketers can be – deft, remarkable stunning strokers of the ball – Dravid had a quality otherwise lacking in the overall team. Flashiness is a fine quality, provided you have the capital and deep pockets to back it up…
Missing the Wall: The legacy of Rahul Dravid
The new design is apparently made to ensure that strangulation is avoided. Nor, it seems, are there any previous recorded instances of it. Thanks, Nathan, for the note on ‘snoods’.
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