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Martin Writes.. Here's something from my hit book, Wrestling In Honey, a very few copies of which are still available from Scratching Shed Publishing in Leeds, and via Amazon & Waterstones. I thought, with a by-election pending in the North East Bristol constituency of Kingswood (15/2/2024) there might be some interest in where I started what I laughingly call a career.... more - > Managers - What Are They Like? Why Antonio Conte is not Ange Postecoglou Martin Writes.. Here's a bit I wrote proving Antonio Conte was an angry young man even before he joined Spurs, and why the comparative serenity of Ange Postecoglou may turn out to be blessed relief.
If you enjoy this kind of historic document, there is tons more in my book Wrestling In Honey, now available in very few good bookshops.... more - >The Bus Pass Bodybuilders & Motty's Giant Sentence Screen Break Another sample of my hit book, Wrestling In Honey, a collection of some of the old tat I wrote, chiefly for The Guardian and the Racing Post.
To prove this is a genuine historical document, almost everybody mentioned in it is now dead. RIP omnes. more - >LaVern Baker, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll in Liverpool, 1992 Martin Writes.. I've got a book of old tat coming out. This didn't make the cut, but it's fascinating rock archaeology, with a mention of the legendary Manchester impressario Roger Eagle,and Liverpool's faded Adelphi Hotel.... more - > Jimmy Hill - A Life in TV Martin Writes.. Lest we forget, the contribution of the late great Jimmy Hill to broadcasting lives on, even today.... more - > Introduction to Wrestling In Honey - and the part Jimmy Savile played in my downfall Martin Writes.. Here's the intro to my 'hit' book Wrestling In Honey, with how I was a casualty of the BBC's belated Savwash policy.
Now read on..... more - >Wordy Rappinghood Screen Break In this piece I appear to have just discovered there's an anagrams app on my iPhone...
Now read on... more - >Chess and the Comfort Break Martin Writes.. Here's a piece I wrote for the Guardian's Screen Break column about sport on TV in October 2006, covering chess, tennis (briefly), and rugby league. This, and similar old tat, is reprinted in my book Wrestling In Honey, available in very few good bookshops. But it's on the Amazon and Waterstones websites, and boutique bookshop Philip Howard Books in Leeds have signed copies.... more - > Why Wrestling In Honey? Martin Writes.. (Here I am in the outer suburbs of the Sky remote, attempting to provide fun for the aging Guardian audience in the only way I know how. All you need to know is the nation at the time was dealing with the scandal of comedian Russell Brand's unpleasant prank telephone calls to the much loved Fawlty Towers legend Andrew Sachs.) Honey, Fighting and the Disturbing Topic of My Libido, The Guardian November 3, 2008 more - > The Glory of Eurovision Martin Writes.. With Eurovision on the way, here's a piece I wrote for the Racing Post about ten years ago, to help deluded punters who fancied a bet on the contest. Most of the points I make actually still apply. I'm a patriotic punter and have backed the UK's Mae Muller to win at 28-1. A collection of some of my old tat will be released in book form this Spring (2023), but this piece failed to make the cut.... more - >
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