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If you think you know Ireland, this book will make you think again. Each year on St Patrick’s Day the eighty million people around the world claiming Irish ancestry celebrate their spiritual homeland. Millions more don leprechaun hats and swallow pints of Guinness in an annual global high-fiving of all things Irish. Charlie Connelly was [...]
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The landscape of Britain and Ireland is filled with history. We can’t walk five yards up the street without tripping over the stuff. The thing is, with the pace of life these days we miss most of it as it flashes past the car window between Little Chefs. Do we even realise that we’re following [...]
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Since his death in 1977 Elvis Presley has become an even greater cultural icon than when he was making records and consuming deep-fried peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches. In Search of Elvis sees Charlie Connelly set off on a journey to discover what makes Elvis so significant today and how his spirit is being kept alive more than [...]
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The solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales. Sitting at [...]
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Stamping Grounds follows the Liechtenstein national football team through their defeat-strewn qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. Drawn in a group with Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria and mighty Spain, it was hard to see the principality’s part- time players scoring even one goal, never mind adding to its meagre international points total. So what motivates a [...]
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A diary of Charlton’s finest season for nearly half a century, featuring in-depth interviews with players and key figures behind the scenes. Even the most ardent Charlton Athletic supporter had limited ambitions at the start of the 2000/01 Premiership campaign. The buzzwords around The Valley were ‘survival’ and ’17th place’. Despite the Addicks having won [...]
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