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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
The media and football: a match of mutual benefit
Kadeem Simmonds reviews From the Back Page to the Front Room by Roger Domeneghetti (Ockley Books, £9.99)
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
The media needs football just as much as football needs the media — that’s the main theme of Roger Domeneghetti’s book.
From the Back Page to the Front Room brilliantly details the relationship between the beautiful game and the press, something which is often taken for granted.
The moment a game ends reports are uploaded online, with millions reading about a match they’ve just finished watching. But there was a time when Britain’s media didn’t care about the sport and it only received a few lines in newspapers, something which would be unthinkable today.
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