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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)
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
MIK SABIERS wallows in a night of political punk and funk that fires both barrels at Trump
Reasonable radicalism, death in Abu Dhabi, locked-room romance, and sleuthing in the Blitz
SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.
JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
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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