Dom Joly
Dom Joly has been an eclectic columnist for The Independent on Sunday since 2004. Joly shot to fame in 2000 with his anarchic Channel 4 hidden-camera comedy programme Trigger Happy TV. He has since made television series for BBC and Sky One including, This Is Dom Joly and Dom Joly’s Happy Hour. His spoof autobiography, Look At Me, was published in 2004, and in 2007 he brought out Letters to my Golf Club, featuring his correspondences with golf clubs around the world.
Dom Joly: Faster, higher, longer... total Olympics
Weird World of Sport: What would you rather see, amanthrowing a javelin 100 metres or half a mile?
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Dom Joly: Gardening and yoga – the grave is surely looming
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Why is it that when you get older you have to start doing all the stupid things that you used to laugh at when you were younger? I've lost count of the things that I swore I'd never do that now form part of my daily routine.
Dom Joly: To be precise, this is legalised joyriding
Monday, 26 October 2009
Weird World of Sport: Spectators diced with death to get good photos of the blurry cars as they skidded past
Dom Joly: The guns have fallen silent on the golf course
Sunday, 25 October 2009
To Beirut golf course (le "Royal Beirut" as it's known to locals wags) for a leisurely round. I haven't played here since I was about 12 years old. This is where I swung my very first golf club. There was an Egyptian pro who gave me lessons.
Dom Joly: Lebanon is the only place where a Hummer makes sense
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Last week I wrote about how I was looking forward to driving in Lebanon again. I even mentioned that there were a couple of places in the world that might be more dangerous to drive in. I was wrong, dear reader - so very, very wrong. I'd forgotten just how "out there" driving in Lebanon can be. It's in a league of its own.
Dom Joly: Olympic golf? That's not crazy enough
Monday, 12 October 2009
Crazy golf is an awesome spectator sport – usually played in front of two drunks
Dom Joly: My idea of driving is handbrake turns in the desert
Sunday, 11 October 2009
I'm off to Lebanon today. I'm going to be there for about a week and I've hired a car to get me around. I'm pretty excited about this, as I have to admit to finding driving in England very dull. It's only when you're in a car fighting your way through a city like Beirut that you can fully experience the visceral automotive thrills we have forgotten about in the UK.
Dom Joly: Rio's fleshy pleasures perfect for TV
Monday, 5 October 2009
Weird World of Sport: Exhibition sports include Mojito drinking and urban paintball in the favellas
Dom Joly: Not Google Waving, but drowning my cyber sorrows
Sunday, 4 October 2009
God, technology is tiring. I mastered texting, video recorders (actually I never did), then email came along, then instant messaging. I signed up to Facebook, became a Twitterer... but it's no use. However hard you try, some thing newer comes and overtakes you.
Dom Joly: A formula to make F1 different gear
Monday, 28 September 2009
Weird World of Sport: We could have oil slicks, front-mounted guns, smokescreens... I'm getting excited just thinking about it
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