It is a constant lament that league cricket has taken a lot of the fun out of the amateur game, but this sparkling history of wandering sides, stuffed with good anecdotes, indicates that there are still many who enjoy playing friendly matches in the right spirit and with a smile on their faces. No fewer than 114 clubs are featured, many still going strong, some less so, starting with the most historic of all, I Zingari (The Gypsies), founded in 1845.
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Between the Covers 4/08/2013
Saturday 03 August 2013
Your weekly guide to what's really going on in the world of books
Muslim scholar sees book sales surge thanks to Fox News
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Presenter Lauren Green repeatedly asked Reza Aslan why he, as a Muslim, had written about Jesus
The Killing author David Hewson opts for audiobook release of latest novel a year ahead of print version
Monday 29 July 2013
The author said he was considering audiobook-only work in the future
From green ink to digital bile - how can we put a stop to online bullying?
Sunday 28 July 2013
Bullies hide beyond anonymity. We need to bring them out into the open
Between the Covers 28/07/2013
Sunday 28 July 2013
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James Alexander Gordon, the voice of football results, blows final whistle on career
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Gordon had his larynx removed during surgery to treat throat cancer
MPs told not to name firms hiring corrupt investigators
Friday 19 July 2013
“Britain’s FBI” has ordered a powerful committee of MPs to take extraordinary security measures to protect the identities of blue-chip organisations that hired criminal private investigators.
JK Rowling 'angry' and 'disappointed' after law firm leaked Robert Galbraith pseudonym
Thursday 18 July 2013
The literary mole hunt to discover who outed superstar author JK Rowling as the creator of a detective novel written under a nom de plume was in danger of turning into a better whodunnit than the book itself.
Anonymous Reddit user reveals WWE - before they happen
Thursday 18 July 2013
Since beginning his posts he has correctly selected the winner 38 times out of 38
Guardian and Observer tot up losses of £31m
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The Guardian and Observer newspapers slumped to an operating loss of £31m in the year to March but that was an improvement on a year ago when the papers lost £44m.
Martin Amis says his surname has held him back
Monday 15 July 2013
The novelist Martin Amis has described his famous surname as a “burden”. In a Radio 4 interview, the son of the author and poet Kingsley Amis suggests his surname has damaged his career and says he wishes he had put “greater distance” between himself and his father.
Between the Covers 14/07/2013
Sunday 14 July 2013
Your weekly guide to what's really going on in the world of books
Book review: Kiss Me First, By Lottie Moggach
Sunday 14 July 2013
You can log-off any time you like, but can you ever leave?
Gamers petition Microsoft over Xbox One DRM - are we missing out?
Friday 12 July 2013
More than 17,000 sign a petition asking Microsoft to bring back controversial policies
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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