Dec 7, 2023 | The Main Blog
Back in August, during the Summer break from the MA in Creative Writing I’m undertaking with the Open University, our Tutor Group had a discussion about when a person gets to call themselves a writer. At the time, I was working for ToolStore UK in a role which...
Dec 6, 2023 | Football Writing
Tonight, Prescot Cables and Ashton Town meet in the Liverpool Senior Cup for the first time in seven years. That game ended in victory for Cables, who went on to win the tournament at the end of the 2016-17 season. The photo of the Pesky Bulls captain, James...
Nov 1, 2023 | The Main Blog
When you’re at your local railway station, the word ‘cancelled’ usually triggers a feeling of dread, but on Halloween there was one notable exception. The plan to close most of the ticket offices at stations in England has been binned after more than 750,000 people...
Oct 23, 2023 | The Main Blog
After blogging about my favourite football books regularly during 2021 and 2022, I put the Reading the Game series on semi-permanent hiatus, but there are certain football books for which an exception should be made. The second volume of memoir by Pat Nevin, Football...
Sep 28, 2023 | The Main Blog
Regular readers of this blog will know that I rely on the railways to get around, which has been extra tricky for the last six months. The train I was using five days a week to get from Kirkby to Wigan has been starting and terminating at Rainford while the work to...
