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My Sacking, and a Plausible Plan for BBC Local Radio
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Posted by Martin "write if you find work" Kelner on Mar 20, 2016 - 9:50:27 PM
In response to hundreds of requests from one or two people, here's how I left BBC Radio Leeds two days ago, and how the BBC's failing local radio service can be saved...
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God's Waiting Room
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Posted by Martin "better now, thanks" Kelner on May 4, 2015 - 3:16:53 PM
I'm almost completely recovered now after surgery to remove what we doctors call 'a big fuck-off abdominal sarcoma,' thanks to the skill of the consultants, and the brilliant care of the NHS, for which I shall forever be grateful...
However, in the early days of this shit storm, as the sarcoma grew, & following a pretty gloomy prognosis, misfortune piled upon misfortune. First my car was stolen, then a pen burst in my pocket.
That might seem trivial, but it convinced me that some higher power - which I don't believe in anyway - was fucking with my head.
I wrote a few pieces charting progress while I was convalescing following what turned out to be successful surgery, which you can find on here somewhere, but in the vain hope that anybody's the slightest bit interested, here are a couple of bits I never published....
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The better's dilemma
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Posted by Martin "Inveterate loser" Kelner on Dec 20, 2014 - 10:43:39 AM
Here's a column for the Racing Post, where I pondered how one should react when a horse falls in a race in which you have a financial interest, & shared a variety of losing bets with the readers....
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Liverpool - the glory, glory days
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Posted by Martin "Calm down" Kelner on Nov 13, 2014 - 6:29:07 PM
My sport-on-TV column appears in the Racing Post every Saturday. Here's a recent one - about Liverpool in happier times...
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The joy of the Rugby League Cup Final
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Posted by Martin "ee, put some more coal in t'bath" Kelner on Sep 21, 2014 - 7:18:43 PM
Here's a piece I wrote earlier this year for the highly posh and prestigious Club Wembley journal about the Great Northern Day Out.....
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