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The Enduring Delight of the Radio Show That Keeps On Giving
All our Yesterdays
Posted by Martin "Bonus Point" Kelner on Jun 18, 2013 - 5:12:46 PM

This is a piece I wrote for the Independent more than 20 years ago, in the days when newspaper arts desks would commission 1400 words on something just because the writer had an enthusiasm for it.......
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How I Failed To Become a Millionaire
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Posted by Martin "Not Quite Endemol" Kelner on Jun 12, 2013 - 6:17:26 PM

Got a million stories about failed media ventures over the years.  Here's one of my faves, recounted in a Guardian column from February 2009.....
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How Not To Bet
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Posted by Martin "friend of the bookies" Kelner on May 30, 2013 - 7:25:15 PM

If you want a lovely coffee, try the Guardian.  If, on the other hand, you want a semi-humorous column about sport on TV, the Racing Post obliges every Tuesday, or via its app, free for a month....
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All your questions about BT Sport answered
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Posted by Martin "All tooled up" Kelner on May 28, 2013 - 4:51:55 PM

Here's a recent piece from the Racing Post dealing with some of the issues surrounding the launch of BT Sport....
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Round the crotch & up the tail - it's the wide world of sports
Martin Writes..
Posted by Martin "they'll do it for peanuts, and never forget you" Kelner on May 8, 2013 - 6:16:13 PM

Somebody posted on Twitter about the film 'Soccer Dog,' which I did write about, but not exactly glowingly. 

Unfortunately I was unable to find the piece, but did find this Screen Break 'classic' which mentions elephant soccer....
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My half-arsed attempt at in-play betting
All our Yesterdays
Posted by Martin "not exactly Minnesota Fats" Kelner on May 2, 2013 - 9:37:59 PM

Here's a recent column from the Racing Post (April 16th, 2013), for all those of you who have written to me saying how much you miss Screen Break in The Guardian every Monday.

Hope you both enjoy it....
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Keeping the meters wobbling......
Stalkers Guide
Posted by Martin "Dr Dinnertime" Kelner on Apr 22, 2013 - 7:19:21 PM

I do the lunchtime show on BBC Radio Leeds, quite handily when management are upstairs in the canteen eating their humus & bulgar wheat salads....
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The world snooker championships - as interesting today as it has always been.
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Posted by Martin "the brown's just behind the pink" Kelner on Apr 21, 2013 - 2:08:23 PM

....There's something strangely hypnotic about the endless snooker during those 17 days of springtime at the Crucible, Sheffield, as this Screen Break "classic" (yeah, right) from 2007 sort of points out....
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