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Forget the shame of his Oprah Winfrey Show tell-all last week, Lance Armstrong’s biggest blow must surely be this snipe from one of the kings of geekdom, the humble librarian. At Manly Library in Sidney, a cheeky librarian posted the following notice: “ALL NON-FICTION LANCE ARMSTRONG BOOKS, INCLUDING ‘Lance Armstrong: Images of a ...More
Football
The David Villa to Arsenal saga was thought to be over last week after Barcelona president Sandro Rosell said “I completely rule out the transfer of Villa during the winter market.” However, in what could be great news for Arsenal fans, the 31 year old striker apparently doesn’t see things that way. The Independent has [...]...More
pick of the blogs
Top stories from Brandish and our pals. Britain’s harshest winter in great photos and an epic video 12 obscure Bowie gems that today’s artists would kill for What they said about Luis Suarez before he admitted to diving The worst ever corner kicks video Magnificent assorted vintage football stickers Wesley Sneijder Gets Standard Turkish Wel...More
iPhone App
All in all it’s easy to think that once you’ve seen one mobile phone you’ve seen them all. In some cases this is sort of true. When it comes to innovation we haven’t seen anything truly ground breaking or world changing in a long time. What we are seeing now are lots of pointers and [...]...More
Gadgets
I remember when I first heard that Samsung was about to produce a phone with a five inch screen – the Samsung Galaxy Note. From the moment I saw it I knew that my iPhone’s days were numbered and that I wanted a phone with a screen that size. A year on and I have [...]...More
Football
It seems as if Sir Alex Ferguson might have shunned the odd glass of Merlot – or maybe something warmer – with AVB last night as he had other business to attend to. The Mirror is reporting that the United boss made a beeline for a London hotel to meet Crystal Palace’s highly rated tricky [...]...More
Style, Style Safari
Train travel was much more fun in the 80s. Then you had the wrong sort of leaves on the track, pissed footy fans on Inter City Specials, Jimmy Saville doing the TV adverts and timetables that were quite possibly penned but The Brothers Grimm. Yes those days sure were fun. Actually the best bit about [...]...More
Football
Arsene Wenger said the other day that he liked to wait until the end of the window before he bid for the players he most wants. But what if other clubs move first? Well Arsene is going to have act quickly if he wants to secure the signing of Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Stoppila Sunzu both [...]...More
Football
Simon Poulter edits What Would David Bowie Do and is more than a little unhappy with event at The Bridge I can’t verify this, but it is possible that the under-communicative oligarch Roman Abramovich is currently still enjoying the good life on St. Barts. For it is there that the Chelsea Football Club owner has [...]...More
Football
Ok, so he still hasn’t actually ‘signed da ting’, but the BBC at least is confident that Theo Walcott is about to splash the ink on a new deal at Arsenal. It even suggests it could be done today. They say “Agreements have now been reached between Arsenal and their top scorer, who could put [...]...More
Football
It’s strange to think that Samir Nasri, artistic playmaker, and James Milner, determined workhorse, cost Manchester City roughly the same amount of money, depending on one’s valuation of Stephen Ireland in the Milner swap deal. But although Nasri is the more talented footballer, Milner was excellent against Arsenal last weekend, and des...More
Football
It has been a busy day for Arsenal transfer rumors and this time the source of them is none other than the manager himself with his praise for both Wilfried Zaha, and tantalisingly for Gunners fans, Edinson Cavani. There is however one rumour that won’t go away and that does appear to make a huge [...]...More
Clothing, knitwear, Style Safari
One way to beat off the cold is to invest in a seriously heavyweight lambswool cardigan like this gem from Ben Sherman. The Plectrum Cardigan is Porcelain White with black flecks, is made from super warm lambswool – with a little nylon and is a regular fit. It features a shawl collar and through zip [...]...More
music
If you liked our round up of long lost 80s and 90s indie bands than you should check out the releases from a new-ish label Optic Nerve. Based in Cumbria, Optic Nerve specialises in high quality vinyl record reissues of great indie music from the 80s and 90s. This week sees two new albums bearing [...]...More
Football
In a move sure to massively excite Arsenal fans Arsène Wenger has confirmed his interest in the 25 year old Uruguayan Napoli striker Edinson Cavani – a player who ticks both the marquee signing and RVP replacement boxes. When asked about the player who has been in scintillating form for Napoli in Serie A this [...]...More
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