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Don’t bank on Mantel in wide-open Booker

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

The betting odds on Wolf Hall were slashed this weekend – but that doesn’t mean Hilary Mantel’s novel will win the Booker Prize.

Netherland: ideal read for Ashes rain breaks

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Regardless of the score in this summer’s Ashes, Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland is a great read for cricket fans during breaks in play.

Derek McGovern tips Ellen Feldman for Orange Prize

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Football tipping expert Derek McGovern has passed on “a whisper” about who’ll win the 2009 Orange Prize.

It’s just not football

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Why is cricket based around counties, not cities? It’s part of an invented myth, says Derek Birley’s Social History of English Cricket.

Brilliant Orange: intelligent book about intelligent football

Monday, January 5th, 2009

David Winner’s homage to Dutch football makes some serious points that every nation of perennial underachievers can learn from.

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