Last week, I gave a speech at the Society of Editors. There’s been some interest in it so, if you’ll indulge me, I thought I’d post it here. I was asked to talk on ‘future of news’. Once I’d cleared … Continue reading
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Western Market terminal on Hong Kong Island Bloomberg’s Matthew Brooker reports on “The Hard Way Home to the UK From Hong KongA look at the challenges and frustrations of uprooting from the Chinese city to travel back to Britain after … Continue reading
Earlier this year I questioned a tweet from ThaiLeagueCentral promoting Thai League NFTs promoted through their new relationship with Bitkub.“The future is here. A historic event for Thai football as the @thaileague has partnered with @BitkubOfficial to release over 1.2m … Continue reading
My Protestant father passed away 16 years ago. I doubt he ever thought the day would come when Sinn Féin massively outpolled the Democratic Unionist party in Northern Ireland’s assembly election.But here we are; a majority of Northern Ireland’s people … Continue reading
Picture – @cmfc_official Rayong FC 3 Chiang Mai FC 2Thai M150 ChampionshipSaturday 30 April 2022Rayong Province Stadium Starting XI KiadtiphonSumethVeljkoPoomphatSarawinPhomminSuchanonPongrawitSupasakSeiyaTawanWhat a wonderful roller-coaster football can be. All of life wrapped up in 90 minutes, and like life, with a decent … Continue reading
Too quiet – much too quiet Chiang Mai FC 1 Udon Thani FC 1Thai M150 ChampionshipSaturday 23 April 2022700th Anniversary StadiumStarting XIKiadtiphonSumethVeljkoPoomphatKiadtisakSomyotSuchanonPongrawitSupasakSeiyaTawan Udon Thani came to Chiang Mai a changed team from the side that won convincingly at home in … Continue reading
Kasetsart University Stadium – at home to Sukhothai last weekend. Thai League 2 – mid April 2022 and just two match days remainingThere are just two match days left in the League 2 season – and as Donald Rumsfeld infamously … Continue reading
Picture – Official CMFC Nakhon Pathom United 1 Chiang Mai FC 2Thai M150 ChampionshipSaturday 16 April 2022 Nakhon Pathom Provincial Sports School Stadium Starting XI KiadtiphonSumethVeljkoPoomphatKiadtisakSaharatSuchanonPongrawitDaniloSeiyaTawanCometh the hour….93 minutes gone. 1-1. Chiang Mai without an away win in 2022. Penalty. … Continue reading
Crowd – officially 567. Chiang Mai FC 2 Navy FC 1Thai M150 ChampionshipSaturday 9 April 2022700th Anniversary Stadium Starting XIKiadtiphonPinyoVeljkoPoomphatSumethSaharatSuchanonPongrawitDaniloSeiyaGustavsson This felt like a must win game for Chiang Mai. Although not technically safe this win, ugly as it was, … Continue reading
Chiang Mai FC 0 Trat FC 1Thai M150 ChampionshipSunday 3 April 2022 700th Anniversary Stadium Starting XI KiadtiphonNaruponVeljkoPoomphatChaiyapruekSomyotNawaminTawanAmornthepDaniloSeiyaTrat scraped a narrow win thanks to an opportunist goal from Marc Landry Babo, their Ivory Coast winger who has almost ten years … Continue reading