HELLO, how’s your week been? Mine has been taken up with a raft of sport, from grassroots rugby and netball to Test match cricket via the Premier League, League Two and academy football.
As the heatwave continued, I raced from the very excellent North Herts Rugby and Netball Festival last Saturday — kudos to Hitchin women’s rugby side as well as Letchworth women for their various triumphs — to Arsenal v Leicester via selling the first issue of this season’s Gooner Fanzine.
To say it was hot was an understatement, so a big well done to all those who took part in such great-quality grassroots sport, I sweated profusely as the afternoon went on, and I was only flogging copies standing on the street.
One of the most rewarding things about being a journalist is occasionally having the opportunity to spend time with aspiring journalists and photographers.
JAMES NALTON writes how at the heart of the big apple, the beautiful game exists as something more community-oriented, which could benefit hugely under mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE reminisces on how he became an Aston Villa fan, and writes about the evolution of the historic club over the years



