@the-speechwriter.com Pinch subscriber, no longer on another platform with x in the name. Wondering if you no longer post to Bluesky… it’s been a while…

@thepinch.uk Pinch subscriber, no longer on another platform with x in the name. Wondering if you no longer post to Bluesky… it’s been a while…

I understand that St Andrews hasn’t had much TLC in recent years, but United’s headline highlighting our Carabao Cup draw away against Birmingham City is rather harsh…

My SWFC-supporting brother and I used to call the Sheffield derby the Clash Of The Tight’Uns as a tribute to the miserly spending of our respective owners. After our recent trolley dash in January I’m not sure if this epithet applies any longer - to us, at least.

Just spent four days at WOMADelaide with a good mate who’s also a dyed-in-the-wool LUFC fan (these things happen). It’s reassuring to know he’s absolutely as paranoid as any Blade…. “that’s it, we’re blowing it AGAIN” etc. A tense few weeks lie ahead 😬 but still, the music was superb as usual.

Looks like this weekend’s Football League Paper has found a novel way to credit our missing two points back!😂

After 14 PL games, Southampton have 5 points. This time last year, we also had 5 from 14, with Hecky getting the chop after our 5-0 loss to Burnley. Must be a red-and-white-striped-teams-beginning-with-S kind of thing. We got to 8 from 16. Wonder if Southampton can catch us in their next two games.

Just got a copy of @willdalrymple.bsky.social’s The Golden Road from a Mumbai bookstore. Hardback issue. Might need to upgrade my luggage allowance on the flight home to Oz 😬

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A shame I’m missing the mighty William Dalrymple today in Mumbai - I was in that very same museum just last Saturday! I’ll have to content myself with his awesome “City of Djinns” in the shadow of Mehrangarh in Jodhpur. A vintage book now but still worth a read.