Last time I needed medication (not that long ago as it happens, you know how it is…advancing age, personality disorder, irritating tics and tedious tendencies) I spent almost ten minutes with the pharmacist as we both tried to interpret my…
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Knowing your oar-se from your elbow
Yes, it is a real shame that the sports press agency Sportsbeat, which is contracted to provide editorial services to no less august a body than the British Olympic Association, clearly doesn’t know its oar-se from its elbow. Announcing Dr…
Balls! Yes, my thoughts entirely…
Can’t say I’m a huge fan of Ed Balls though anyone who can canoe quickly can’t be all bad. The Shadow Chancellor, I gather, produced a sterling effort to win a Labour Party 20 seconds canoe machine challenge at the…
Devizes-Westminster “rowers” hit London
It seems a little churlish to criticise any proper press coverage of a canoe event but after a weekend of running around helping to organise the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race I was struck by the BBC’s ‘oarful’ take on…
Always going forwards
You may recall our article earlier this week about the confusion between canoeing and rowing in the media. As an update, it’s good to see the Surrey Advertiser has amended its online article to point out that Liam Heath is an Olympic…
