Category Archives: Sport

Alan Bennett: On the art of the monologue & being teenage “jailbait”

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Samira Ahmed

To mark Alan Bennett’s 80th birthday, this is an updated post based on an In Conversation with the playwright, diarist and screenwriter  at the British Film Institute in March last year. It was focussed on his skills with the monologue, as part … Continue reading →

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Making a splash with the Modfather

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Samira Ahmed

This article first appeared in The Big Issue: journalism worth paying for. Subscriptions here if you can’t buy from street vendors. Did I ever tell you about the time I found myself in the pool with Paul Weller? This is … Continue reading →

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Triumph of the Eastern Will: How the Olympics came clean about winning

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

A version of this article originally appeared in The Big Issue Magazine By the time you read this a couple of weeks will have passed since the end of the London 2012 Games. The Paralympics are about to start. Politicians … Continue reading →

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Bradley Wiggins: What I want to say, but my words just fail

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Samira Ahmed

Judging by the pained expressions of all 3 men on the podium, no one had known Lesley Garrett was going to be belting out God Save The Queen in a Union Jack evening gown. Perhaps it confused Bradley Wiggins’ plans. … Continue reading →

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