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Bradley Wiggins – My Time: A great read, whether or not you are a cycling fan
Unless you personally know someone involved, it is hard for the reader to tell how true to life the portrait someone gives of themselves in a memoir is, especially when a ghost-writer is involved. The...
View ArticleGreat political campaigners think big and think small
Two contrasting quotes I’ve come across recently capture the two conflicting approaches that good political campaigners need to reconcile. First, here’s Clive Woodward on winning the Rugby World Cup...
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The Secret Race: Inside the hidden world of the Tour de France
Right from the cover of the book, showing a menacing looking Lance Armstrong bearing down on Tyler Hamilton, the book is a detailed, piece by piece demolition of the Lance Armstrong legend and on...
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Chris Froome: The Climb – is it fair to Bradley Wiggins?
I suspect Chris Froome’s account of his rise to cycling success didn’t come out quite as he intended, but that is a boon for the reader because he doesn’t come out of several parts of the book that...
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Wide-eyed and legless: Insider the Tour de France – a classic worthy of the name
The 1987 Tour de France saw Irishman Stephen Roche triumph, including one of the most memorable scenes in the Tour’s history – his dramatic recovery during the stage to La Plagne, followed by his...
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At Speed by Mark Cavendish: great read, even better as an audio book
View image | gettyimages.com Cycling phenomenon Mark Cavendish has had more than a few ups and downs with his public reputation during his cycling career, and At Speed covers the most recent years of...
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Success for Caroline Pidgeon’s cycling safety campaign as new lights to be...
As the Evening Standard reports there’s good news for one of the issues London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has been campaigning for with others: Traffic lights for cyclists are to be brought in...
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The Flying Scotsman – Graeme Obree’s story
The Flying Scotsman, starring Jonny Lee Miller, tells the story of Graeme Obree, a famous British cyclist from before such sports stars were really famous in the UK. A rival of Chris Boardman‘s, Obree...
View ArticleCycling catches up with the 21st century, in South Australia at least
An excellent move by the government of South Australia: The Tour Down Under has made the decision to replace its podium girls with junior cyclists, according to the Australian Broadcast Corporation...
View ArticleImprove pedestrian safety now!
Here’s a clever bit of design intended to improve cycling safety: Fancy making your own turning jacket? Instructions are here.
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Mark Cavendish has achieved more in four years than English football team in...
But he’s a cyclist. So even now on a quick flick through mainstream news outlets, his victory today has got some coverage but nowhere near the level that his dominance deserves. In the last four Tour...
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Mark Cavendish needs to learn to cycle naked
It’s a little over three hours since Mark Cavendish became the first Brit cyclist to win at the road race World Championships for 46 years and where does this feature in the Radio 5 news and sports...
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At last, Mark Cavendish gets the recognition he deserves; no naked cycling...
From Why doesn’t a triumphant British sportsman make it into the top 95 stories on Sky? via Mark Cavendish has achieved more in four years than English football team in last forty and Mark Cavendish...
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Usain Bolt will be the Jonathan Ross of 2012
Usain Bolt: short, cropped hair, champion sprinter, middle name St. Leo, winner of three Olympic gold medals. Jonathan Ross: long, wavy hair, TV present, middle name Stephen, winner of three BAFTAs. An...
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Bradley Wiggins doesn’t do dull press conferences
From the Tour de France rest day this week comes this press conference gem from British cyclist and Team Sky member, Bradley Wiggins:
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Liberal Democrat Newswire #23 is out: Lib Dems gear up for 75 by-election...
Edition #23 of Liberal Democrat Newswire came out last week, looking at the Lib Dem plans for the 2015 general election. You can now read it in full below. If you would like to receive the next edition...
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17,518 steps for Liberal Democracy
So my pedometer app tells me. And my feet. Polling day in the Barnsbury by-election is this Thursday and in Harringay it is on 28 July. So still time to help our excellent candidates in both. Now to...
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What do the Liberal Democrats stand for? Updated poster now out (LDN #97)
Liberal Democrat Newswire #97 came out last week, with the 2017 version of my poster on what the Lib Dems stand for along with an explanation of the recent controversial Liberal Democrat election...
View ArticleTen of my favourite posts from 2009
As it says on the tin, here are 10 of the posts I’ve written that I’ve most enjoyed, whether for introducing new information to the blogosphere, the fun, the way the content has influenced the real...
View ArticleIllegal file-sharing: what does the public think?
The latest Ofcom survey of internet users in the UK shows that less than half believes downloading shared copies of copyright music and films should be illegal. 42% say it should be illegal, against...
View ArticleDavid Cameron runs into cycling trouble yet again
Tsk tsk Mr Cameron: The Tory chief yesterday ploughed through a pedestrian crossing, narrowly missing a Mercedes, and ditched safety gear. [Daily Mirror] This is becoming really a rather regular...
View ArticleWhy doesn’t a triumphant British sportsman make it into the top 95 stories on...
Earlier today Mark Cavendish notched up his fourth stage win in this year’s Tour de France cycle race. Mark Cavendish equals cycling record It’s a fantastic achievement, notable for several reasons....
View ArticleDoes thinking of cycling make you want to buy swimming trunks?
A lesson in how not to do online advertising, courtesy of the ITV website. There I am, reading a story about the Tour de France. I get to this sentence: [Bradley Wiggins has] hardly warranted a mention...
View ArticleHow the Tour de France encourages internet piracy
I’m an occasional cycling fan. By which I mean, I love the Tour de France when it’s on the TV, pay a bit of attention to the Olympics and World Championships if British cyclists are doing well and...
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