“Where can I buy your books?” It’s a question that I am often asked, and I usually say ‘Wherever you usually buy books.’ Even if a bookshop isn’t stocking my titles, they can easily order them in for you and will be more than happy to do so and take your money.

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Sandy Denny is one of the great lost voices of British music. Her death at the age of 31 brought a premature end to a dazzling career that had taken in the traditional folk music scene, a genre-defining spell fronting folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention, singing with the Strawbs and Fotheringay, ...

Z is for Zero-sum game

In a sense, football is the ultimate zero-sum game. One team wins and one team loses, or neither win and the points are shared. I’ve heard youth coaches argue that everything about the game has to be competitive – you have to earn your place in the team by being be...