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Archive for June, 2010

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Except in two cases. The first is when little children play that game in which they repeat everything you say in your exact, increasingly impatient, tone of voice. The second is in business, when it is sometimes actually illegal and always ‘just not cricket’. The first case is [...]

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This recipe is perfect for when you’re too busy (or lazy) to go to the shops or to spend more than 13 minutes cooking your dinner. It’s a football-lovers’, store-cupboard-deploying classic. The flavoursome salty anchovy cuts through the sweet onion like a defence-splitting cross from midfield maestro Pirlo to galloping Gilardino [translation for non-football fanatics: 'very nicely'] Ingredients for 4 Spaghetti – [...]

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As I’ve previously confessed, I am no football expert – but I simply cannot let this week go by without reference to the national tragedy that is – or rather was – Italy’s – or rather – the World Cup holders’ performance in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The first people they have [...]

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The name might not sound the most macho dish out there but don’t be fooled – this is a fantastic feast to knock up in half time. It will keep you fed in body as well as soul (with a bit of help from the beautiful game) and will also keep any non-football-loving-partners moans at [...]

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Seven days and counting. And even I, very much a part timer when it comes to football fanhood, have had a couple of shivers of anticipation at the festival about to engulf the globe. The 2006 world cup was my first insider insight into how Italy play football. As with many other things – lingerie, [...]

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