Category: Thesis

Cricket as Revolution

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend an excellent panel discussion on Cricket as Revolution organised by the LSE as part of its literary festival. The two speakers were Dr Prashant Kidambi of The University of Leicester and the journalist and cricket historian Peter Oborne.  It was an excellent evening. Prashant kicked off with an…

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On ‘On Connaît La Chanson’

On Connaît La Chanson (1997), Directed by Alan Resnais.* Alan Resnais, the French director of Hiroshima, Mon Amour and Last Year in Marienbad, passed away last year. Among his lesser-known works is one of my favourite films, On Connaît La Chanson. This week I watched it for maybe the fifth or sixth time while training for the forthcoming Hackney Half Marathon.**…

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