Ed Davey seems to be starring in his own remake of Mr Benn.

There’s a flag that says “In Southgate we trust”. Good to see the national association of sleep specialists getting out and about.

I've given this some thought and I don't think I know anybody who drinks sherry.

Some red hot Europa Conference League action. Tallinna Kalev were bested by Urartu of Armenia.

No Jean-Michel Jarre, no party.

The biggest winner at these Olympics is Gala. Assuming she gets royalties every time they play Freed from Desire, she will be a billionaire by Sunday.

I like that 6% of people surveyed watched the 100 metre finals and thought "hmm, give me four years and some fancy shoes..."

I hope they chuck in a few Beady Eye numbers for the fun of it.

Forgive me, for it is self-promotion time: I have a new article out. A bit of gambling policy, and some deliberately terrible football shirts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

First teaching session of the year for me. A spot of globalisation. Not pictured: eyebags.

New paper..... Counting the ‘capital’ cost of the UK’s elite sport funding focus tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Shoddy urban photography, an occasional series.

After quite a tiring day I read this as Lou Reed’s lecture.

Blue Sky hasn't been so popular since the halcyon days of ELO.

I've grown a little tired of the bots. I've got the same handle at the place everyone else is going to.