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We are told that Test Cricket is the most popular version of the medium in this country yet it is still confined to the bookends of the season and at the mercy of the weather, which is forecast to be terrible tomorrow despite a month of unbroken sunshine in August.

I hate the fact that there is no cricket in this country for a month of summer, apart from MI this and Sunrisers that. Are we now at the mercy of the Indian Cricket Board?

It’s the same journeymen cricketers who participate in the same repeated tournaments worldwide, you can pick the participants without even looking- it’s regurgitated ad-nauseam.

Or am I just being a boring old biddy!? (Cue the Simpson’s meme)

It seems that the knives are out, salt being applied with the IPL names as well. It seems like a joke, the crowds are down but the players are there earning more than before.

English cricket looks to be struggling for an identity.

I understand what the ECB are striving for; they want full grounds and partisan support like the IPL and BB. But is it working?

It’s inclusive. Families are going. So it’s kind of justifying their decision, it’s also on terrestrial TV.

Goodness. I’m a bit frustrated that “normal cricket” isn’t broadcast this way.

But county cricket is just not popular with the masses. Who actually goes to the county champ games? Yes, a few stalwarts for sure. But the attendances are dwindling and have been for the last 20 years.

What do we think is the best way forward??

So I recently decided to pick up this controversial literary classic, due to its frequent mention in Bernie Taupin’s recent biography.

It’s a spectacular read so far, if not tinged with an over-riding disturbing narrative. As the father of a daughter, it’s alarming to read such a story, but this is juxtaposed with the fascination of the character himself and, indeed the motives of the author who wrote it back in the 1950’s.

It’s worth a read if you can abide the character’s curious tendencies.

Edit: I read Dracula a few months ago and the protagonist appears to me at least like a sort of Dracula creation. He can’t help his desires, they almost feed him. Shiiit, it’s very predatory in its concept. How many Humbert’s live among us?

Probably the best acting in the entire movie was done by Dan Jajigian in this scene, but I would like closure on this escapade.

It turns out that Denny buys drugs from Chris, apparently on the honour system or on a buy-now-pay-later sort of deal. But Denny doesn’t have it when asked. Chris, suddenly incensed, whips out a piece demanding to know where his fucking dosh is. But it’s okay, it’s apparently on its way and will be here in five minutes.

So are Jonny or Mark meant to be bringing the money? If so, they have no intention of paying it, instead opting to send Chris directly to jail. But then Lisa and her mum appear, but they don’t seem to have the money either.

Denny sheds light on the mystery. Apparently he bought the drugs on tick as he needed to earn some money himself. So it would seem that Denny took the gear and dealt it on himself. But it’s okay now as Chris-R is safely in jail and Denny only has to deal with the ire of Lisa and her mother. Nobody mentions that Denny is a drug dealer again.

What a story, Mark

Firstly, I have read three KV books and loved them all (SH5, breakfast of champions and his selection of short stories/thoughts published shortly before his passing- sorry, can’t recount the name off the top of my head).

I have been looking forward to CC for a while and just couldn’t get in to it. I loved his style of writing, his irreverence and brilliant turns of phrase. But the story just didn’t seem to go anywhere. It felt like a disjointed mashup of character descriptions and tangents which were largely funny- but lacked the general moving story I so enjoyed in Breakfast Of Champions.

130 pages into the 200, I just put it down. DNF.

Have I completely shat the bed with this or what?

(I expect some down-votes, but please be assured that I am not knocking a writer whose work I generally enjoy reading!)

Edit: really appreciate the comments. I will pick this back up. Thank you.