How Garfield Sobers beat cricket’s ultimate record. Extract 4. This is the fourth in a series of extracts I shall be publishing in August in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the day, Saturday, August 31st, when Garfield Sobers became the… Continue reading
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So few subsequent six sixes. That adds lustre to Sobers’ achievement
How Garfield Sobers beat cricket’s ultimate record. Extract 3. This is the third in a series of extracts I am publishing in August in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the day, Saturday, August 30, when Garfield Sobers became the first player in the history of cricket to hit every ball of an… Continue reading →
Stopped at signals – the trains in The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins has just published her second novel Into the Water. It will certainly be made into a film, as was her debut thriller The Girl on the Train, which sold 20m worldwide. The movie of that book starred Emily Blunt as the dysfunctional protagonist. My article below, posted in October 2016, explores the way the writer used… Continue reading →