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….Slot very impressed with McConnell when they were beaten by PSV in Champions League.

….very happy with my pre-tournament position (above) so not tempted to go back in. Was going to back Harman @55-1 yesterday when he started his charge (William Hill offer bet £5 get £5 bet) but I resisted. Although happy with my position, it’s...

….read Ragged Trousered Philanthropist myself last year after it was recommended by a Docker friend of mine. Thought it was poignant reminder of the time, the author with very close connections to Liverpool (blue plaques on old Royal Hospital...

Three books that I imagine have already been well read by posters on here that I recommend are Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Tressall. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Sea Biscuit is the...

Worth a re-read, as well as his Spanish Civil War book As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning.

Here's two because rules are there to be broken. 'Endurance' by Alfred Lansing. It's the story of Ernest Shackleton's voyage to the Atlantic. Kenneth Branagh did a miniseries about it that is also excellent. Anyway, it's a true story of utter...

Easy one this : Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy. Beautiful, brutal and with no redemption at all. McCarthy’s finest work. ( I could probably name a dozen more tbh )

….read and watched lots about Shackleton @TrailerTrash, his story is quite remarkable. I might well have read Endurance, can’t remember if I have but I’ll order it and give it a go on my next holiday in Sept ;)

….To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. One man’s stand against racism and injustice in US south around a century ago, all told through the narration of the main characters daughter. A book encapsulating life’s values and decency whilst...

….Molyneux Ironmonger & W Derby Village 1920;

…good on you, a great subject to take up. I still remember quotes and themes from the book/play/poems I read over 50 years ago.

I'm nearing retirement so have plans to educate myself. I'm planning English Lit as my first project.

….i distinctly remember being 7yo in the early 60s when Clay beat Liston, it was such a huge event even in the days when we didn’t have 24/7 communications. Just seen on news that Britain has a contender for undisputed heavyweight champion of...

….i got an ‘O-Level’ English Lit in the early 70s. The book was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’; the play was ‘Macbeth’ and we had an Anthology of Poems from War Poets. Never been an avid reader although To Kill a Mockingbird remains my favourite ever...

Used to play five a side in Byrne Avenue baths in Rock ferry. That's me on the left, honestly. :lol: