For sports fans far and wide
In this show our special guest is author Lucas Gillard who talks about his latest book “George Best Down Under.” The book looks at the four main trips that the great Northern Ireland and Manchester United player made to Australia
If you look at teams that achieve success in knockout tournaments you will nearly always find that they have in their midst one or two special players. The really great teams have more than that. Pele and Garrincha for Brazil
Whenever an iconic figure or one of our heroes pass away it can hit the rest of us hard, for it reminds us of our own mortality. For frequently these figures are locked in our minds as never ageing, as
“It used to be all about winning,” those were the words uttered by a top athlete from the United States about sport in his era, the 1980’s. “Now it’s about entertainment,” he added with a tone of regret. Few would
“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.” These words were uttered by French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, who passed away in 2007. He was respected globally for
