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I've just received my regular email from Surrey County Cricket Club. I get these because three years I applied for Oval test match tickets online (I didn't get them). I was a season ticket holder at the Albion on and off for 15 years: I gave up this season as I found it hard to get to every...

He might have ended up as a crazed anti-semite but his games with Spassky made chess front page news and utterly engrossed me for weeks. I remember playing through every game of that meeting and being astounded by his genius and flair. I feel sad for the person he became but remember that for...

Seeing that no-one else has posted this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7169517.stm Bit of a surprise, I must say. He had, I think, the 3rd best batting average in the SL series. It was only a few weeks ago that he was being hailed as one of the tour's successes. Sic transit...

What a way to start the day...Sri Lanka declaring on 500 (as near as dammit) and England on 22-4. Sounds like a team is anxious to get home. I wonder how long before the knives are out for Peter Moores.

We were having a discussion at work yesterday about the state of English football (as you do) and someone asked a question that none of us knew the answer to. I'll see if the collective wisdom of NSC does. The question? When was the last time that the starting line-up for a game in the top...

So, after witnessing us huff and puff against 10 men and not create anything, I come back home to find that the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen has died. I remember seeing a performance of Gruppen some years ago that was of the most thrilling musical experiences ever. A sad day.

I've been offered a night out in a hospitality box at one of the Spice Girls' O2 gigs. I can't make my mind up whether to go. On the one hand I don't really like the Spice Girls (apart from Wannabe which I thought was a decent pop song). On the other, it will be quite an event and I haven't...

I had to meet up with someone at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch. I had a couple of slices of toast, a croissant and a two cups of coffee and was stung for a bill of £19. My company pays so it doesn't hit me but even by West End standards that strikes me as a company taking the piss. For that...

Good old Facebook for nudging me. Have a great birthday.:birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday::drunk:

A mate of mine is a Scunny fan and wants to catch the Leicester v Scun match on Sat evening on Sky. The trouble is, Manure are playing at the same time on Setanta. His task is to find a pub that's shows the other game, ignoring Fergie's bunch of over-paid, histrionic prima donnas. Does anyone...

..at least, that's what happened in my dream last night. Perhaps it was reading the MK Dons thread yesterday or seeing Paphitis on Dragons' Den last night but in my dream, the Albion board was seeking to take over Millwall (who were bottom of the Football League and completely broke). No, I...

I thought last night's one was superb... best ever. It offered a fascinating insight of 19th century Indian life with some fascinating vignettes - like the colony of McGowans. I also liked the way that his uncle was in denial about his Indian heritage. The best bit was at the end when he...

Having been alerted to the WBA connnection last week, I was pleased to see that there was a character called Kaye Brown in this week's episode.

Just received my copy of the Good Beer Guide and there's an excellent selection of Brighton pubs Basketmakers Battle of Trafalgar Bugle Evening Star Lord Nelson Mitre Prestonville Sir Charles Napier Station Waggon & Horses That's a much better selection than the one that was doing the rounds...

I was watching Gordon Ramsay last night and had an idea to boost the 40 notes kitty bag. Why not hold NSC's own F Word-type cook-off. I know that there are plenty of keen chefs on NSC, so why not gather a few together and challenge them to cook for a select audience... well, okay, the usual NSC...

I'd like to send my 4-year-old to dance classes but I'm a bit wary of some of them. I don't want to send her to some snobby, middle-class ponce-fest where the aim is to turn out kids for ballet school. I want one where she could have fun and learn some steps. Anyone got any recommendations?

It says so here Can't really argue with that: nor with Hastings' lowly position.

Mrs G and I organising a birthday party for our daughter and are putting together a list of games suitable for 3 and 4-year-olds. We've already got Musical Statues, Pass the Parcel and Sleeping Lions and are looking for some more suggestions. We've ruled out Musical Chairs, as that's an...

..can you tell me what happened at the end. I was on baby-sitting duty and had to deal with a tearful one-year-old just as the two cops confronted Malone after Fingers had been killed. Was Wolf bent? And was he really dying of cancer? Bloody kids ... timing completely off.

A mate of mine is meeting Micky Thomas later this week and is looking for guidance as to how he should treat him. He knows about the conviction for counterfeiting but he's looking for other incidents that he could mention. If I recall correctly, Thomas lived miles away from Brighton, didn't...