Category Archives: England, someone’s England

seven ahead, five to play

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Mark Rossiter

Leicester City. Earlier in the season, during their improbable run to the top of the table, they were – in sheer footballing terms, never mind what else they stand for – inspirational. Like when Riyad Mahrez (playing in Ligue II … Continue reading →

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a crash course for the ravers

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Mark Rossiter

“So who was this dude”, ask my kids, “and why are all the middle-ageds so upset?” Why did the principal of my daughter’s school (born somewhere dahn sarf, 1962) approach me in the playground at pick-up time, to commiserate and reminisce? … Continue reading →

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home soil

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Mark Rossiter

I landed in London at 6 in the morning. People are really friendly. Everything moves slowly, and there seems so much space and time between objects. Almost nobody employed in London, apart from the guys with the green fluorescent waistcoats … Continue reading →

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princessing: a serious business

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Last weekend: Kyria kept pestering me all Friday morning to switch on the TV so she could watch the royal wedding. Eventually, a couple of hours before it was due to start, I did; she and Natasha sat rapt in … Continue reading →

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Mr. Osborne starts to bite

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Last week a colleague at work introduced me to a site called Teachers TV, and specifically to a video of someone called Phil Beadle teaching a class of inner city yoof a poem by Grace Nichols called Island Man.It was … Continue reading →

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houseproud hold-up hopeful

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Mark Rossiter

I’m in the process of trying to buy a house in Sheffield, four doors up from my sister. It’s a private sale; the current owner, a friend of hers, now lives in New Zealand and has let the place to … Continue reading →

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whose bonus, Bond?

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Mark Rossiter

My 79-year-old mother, gladdened by the birth of her first granddaughter in February, decided to help little Kyria along by buying her a Children’s Bonus Bond as an investment in her future. My mum’s sister-in-law, of a similar age, kindly … Continue reading →

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tsunami on Dover Beach

Posted on January 27, 2005 by Mark Rossiter

The Archbishop of Canterbury – a thoughtful character – says that the awful suffering, and the 200,000+ dead, caused by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean must cause many Christians to question their faith in God. It’s hard to disagree … Continue reading →

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colonials, natives & gas chambers

Posted on January 25, 2005 by Mark Rossiter

What raised my eyebrow about the Prince Harry story was not that he went to a party wearing a Nazi uniform adorned with a swastika armband; nothing surprising about that in a social system that puts an irresponsible thick rich … Continue reading →

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