Monthly Archives: June 2016
Brexit: Between the disaster and Hope
A few days ago, I said in a public debate during the campaign that my worst nightmare would be to wake up on June 24 and see Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, a party that thrives on insularity, intolerance and racism, smiling , surrounded by British flags our screens, and proclaiming independence with a ‘we have won’ Brexit. Not surprising then that today I am struggling with a deep sense of what Winston Churchill in his worst moments of depression called his ‘black dog’ , along with the 16 other …
When Ali became my boxing idol
I had just turned twelve when in 1965 I drew the short straw at my Catholic primary school in London St Philip’s and became captain of boxing. I was pretty skinny and of average height for my age, and I was no great boxer. Indeed with the evidence of hindsight I now see I got the appointment by default rather than on merit. I was an improvised choice after several more physically prepared front runners showed no interest, knowing that their reputation lay elsewhere. Boxing was not considered a key …
