Category Archives: Sport

Coronaclassical 27: Not Just Cricket

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Paul Carey Jones

Opera and sport face up to similar challenges – and for the same fundamental reason. Continue reading →

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Giving It Away: Classical Music in Lockdown and other fairytales

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Paul Carey Jones

On sale today: The Book of the Blog Continue reading →

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A solution to No Balls

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Paul Carey Jones

Because you quite literally have to draw the line somewhere. Continue reading →

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Inarticulacy of a Football Fan

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Paul Carey Jones

A lot of people have written about the death of Gary Speed over the last few days, and most of them far more eloquently and with greater personal knowledge than I ever could. I grew up watching Gary Speed playing … Continue reading →

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Between the Ears

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Paul Carey Jones

In terms of professional performance, there is a technique for everything, and everything is technique. Continue reading →

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