Interviewed for a radio interview today. (I'll let you know when it's out). It's re my new book on surfing in the n of Scotland. The point I made to the interviewer: my choices re projects quite often revolve not around *sports*, but in *places & the people who live there*.

Wow.

Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute

Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows rounds of negotiations and international pressure

thank heavens

Full rail timetable to be restored within days after deal struck with train drivers

A temporary timetable was introduced by ScotRail during the summer amid a dispute with train drivers.

Bees -- not just wasps and spiders -- are now coming into the house to die. Winter happened fast.

LinkedIn is a Joke, no. 378. Never gonna do it, bro, 'cause I'm not a 🤡🤡🤡.

The whole Eric Adams thing? Are there gold bars? Because if there are no gold bars, it's not really a scandal of New Jersey calibre. **It's a nice little city they have over there, across the Hudson.**

Likely to be on a radio outlet at some point in the near future to discuss surfing in the north. I'll let you know.

UK/US crossover sport (history) expertise hot take. Everton is what happens when you have the English/UK system of club ownership, league regulation, & enforced relegation. The Oakland Athletics are what happens you have the US system of "franchise" ownership, league regulation, & closed monopolies.

You just cannot beat a good triple play.

Long live echo chambers. (!!!!!)