Under The Sun

Crowds in Trafalgar Square celebrate another stunning victory over the French…

London beat Paris by 4 votes. I wonder who the 2 Finnish delegates voted for?

I suppose I shouldn’t, but I’ve always had an interest in Formula 1 — as a boy I followed the careers of the likes of Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill. Formula 1 sold its soul long ago, but to make itself a laughing stock at Indy of all places…

Congratulations to Ellen MacArthur, who has just completed the fastest ever journey sailing single-handed round the world.

On the day that a million flags of St. George mysteriously disappeared from England’s streets, Roger McGough pens an “Auden-esque dirge” to our team’s untimely exit from Euro 2004:

Paint the goalposts black
Lower the corner flag
Fly them at halfmast
Our lads defeated, but not outclassed

Rooney in pain
No Wayne, no game
Supporters openly break down and weep

Football heroes long dead
Stir in their sleep
Wipe the cross of St. George off the face of the moon

Blow the final whistle
Play the last post
Then raise your glass
And drink a toast to England

by a grocer from Zurich. Still, it’s only a game.

In England, football is the new religion (via Dan on Everything)