A privilege to witness the best party poop ever.
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Dismaland 2: grot, rot and seagull snot
A few more pictures and a video shot aboard the freaky deaky horsemeat carousel. My nag was called Larry.
The more you think about Banksy’s show, the weirder it gets. Who’d have thought dystopian cynicism would be so enchanting?
Nil thrills: Wales 0 Israel 0
The first rule of Welsh qualification is – never talk about Welsh qualification.
All you need is love: Cyprus 0 Wales 1
You-know-who put us in tantalising touching distance of Euro 2016 – guest post by ALAN LEWIS (@ABERTEIFI_) who was smitten by what he saw
A land of never-ending sunshine, olive groves, amber nectar and all the kebabs you can eat.
The place where Aphrodite, goddess of love and dazzling beauty, emerges from the foam of the sea enchanting anyone who sees her.
AFC Dunstable 2 Newport Pagnell 1
Banksy’s Dismaland: all the glum of the fair
It’s like Stalin’s NKVD have been reborn.
‘Don’t smile!’ snapped the young woman at the airport-style entry to paradise complete with cardboard full-body scanner. Of course, you smile, especially having waited hours to get in. I was delirously chuffed. Again, she growled: ‘Don’t smile!’
The tone was set.
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Cricket in Calzaghe’s back garden – Abercarn v DinkyPooThrees
Essex is great, you might be surprised to hear, but after 13 Saturdays of less than magnificent arenas what a treat to play at Aber-lovely-carn. ‘Carn’ as in Imran.
After Orsett Vs in Stanford le Hope, it felt like Lord’s.
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Only Ones, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (2007)
There was one band in the world I wished would re-form – The Only Ones.
Peter Perrett, The Garage, London
In the 70s we had the Partridge Family, now we’ve got the Perrett Family. But that’s where the comparison ends.
The Partridges spawned cheesy heart-throb David Cassidy – later to have a life as dysfunctional as Peter Perrett’s seems to have been.
Basingstoke v Headliners CC
Cricket tour. Ahhhh, paired with each other, the most beautiful words in the world.
If ‘organised loafing’ is the best description of this wonderful sport, a cricket tour is gonzo organised loafing.
Rydw i’n byw yn batty crease – Sully v DinkyPooTwos
Any cricketer who’s been there will tell you: there’s never a dull moment at Sully Centurions. This time it was custard doughnuts, buttock tattoos and a probable DinkyPooTwos record or two.
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Zombies 1 Devils 0
OMG, we finally prosper from a Gavin Maguire moment. A wheel has turned full circle and now we are getting all the breaks.
Miles from Nowhere 