Author: Chris Mads
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Mary Earps, Nike & how to miss an open goal
To call Nike’s decision to release Mary Earp’s jersey a “u-turn” does not do justice to the very public clusterf*ck the brand has created
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Fill your life: Be passionate about what you enjoy
The world today so often defines itself by what it does not like. It is easier, for example, to find 100 people online who can agree that they hate James Blunt, or the Star Wars prequels, than it is to find people who will openly share your passion for foraging for mushrooms or the latest…
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Just a little blog post
Sometimes in life you just need to try something a bit new. Like this. New address, new look…same old Millennial Gent. Still no plan, still just a corner of nonsense on the internet. Welcome back.
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Looking forward. Looking back
I am not big on New Year’s Resolutions. Most of the time they are abandoned faster than they are written and they come with so much self-inflicted pressure that we often end up not making changes that we would otherwise have achieved, just because they supposedly began on 1 January. I read something once which,…
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2022: The List
At the end of the year, I like to go back through photos, notebooks, diaries and the like to remember the highlights of the past 12 months – both big and small. In some cases these moments are intensely personal, sometimes they are big, bold moments that I shared with many others, either directly or…
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Football, mountains and souks: A postcard from Morocco
Lots of people were thinking about Morocco last night as the Atlas Lions continued – and ended – their heroic run in the World Cup with a semi-final defeat to France. While lots of people probably became honorary Morocco fans for the night, S and I watched the match in the restaurant of a hotel…
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Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever – Marvel Phase 4 gets its groove back
The second Black Panther film has arrived. In the wake of the sad loss of lead actor Chadwick Boseman, the history-making franchise dusts itself off and moves forward – and it does so with great style and grace. Before I go on, I should preface this with two admissions. Firstly, there will be spoilers. We…
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Back on stage in The Wedding Singer
It’s been a busy summer. I’m writing this from my sofa in the wake of an excellent week back on stage for the first time in years. I have written before about the fact that amdram has been a big part of my life since I was quite young. In fact it’s how I first…
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Coffee shop musings
It has been far too long since I have written on here. The last blog I posted was about Megxit and in the modern world of 24-hour rolling news nobody cares about that anymore except Piers Morgan. It has been a busy old start to this month; I’ve moved house, turned 33 and finally updated…
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Sneak Peek: Mark Millar’s Prodigy 2
I don’t talk about comics much on this blog, but they are one of my favourite ways to escape and unwind. When S and I head up to London, Forbidden Planet is among the sites we often stop off at for a browse and to find something new. A while back, I picked up the…
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