Archive for the 'England' Category

Champions League Post-mortem

April 10, 2008

Day two since Arsenal went out of the Champions League to Liverpool and I’m still annoyed about it. Yeah, it’s only a game and I wouldn’t quite go as far as Bill Shankly, i.e. ”Football’s not a matter of life and death, it’s much more important than that”, but it’s still upsetting for some reason I [...]

God save the Queen

March 27, 2008

 I saw the Queen for the first time yesterday, which was actually some achievement considering I’ve lived in Windsor for over two decades (i.e. my entire life) and even held a summer job at the castle. There was a street procession through Windsor Town Centre welcoming the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his French model [...]