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Richard Pennell hosts Pitchmarks Podcast, a sports show with 18 episodes published.
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.”Boris Pasternak I didn’t know what to expect. It had been suggested to me by a friend, Helen, whose previous recommendation had proved a wonderful surprise, and it
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The Instigator of this whole carnival - one Philip Truett - delivered in his opening address to the assembled troops “The Rules of Engagement”, including the mention of a “lifetime ban” for the heinous crime of helping a
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So Shane is over for a few days, for another dose of the heathlands. We’ve played together a bit in Ireland - around Dublin where he lurks, and in Donegal - plus a bit over here. As well planned in his golf as he is for
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I wake up feeling shattered, spent. Overwhelmed. No spare capacity for inputs, though they keep on coming, let alone the energy to make decisions. I opt for no breakfast, for the binary yes/no is so much simpler than the
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Of Milan Kundera’s masterpiece “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting”, Ian McEwan wrote that “one is torn between profound pleasure in the novel’s execution and wonder at the pain that inspired it”. He is right; the exqui
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A 4.30am alarm for a drive of four and a half hours ought to feel like a burden; a cruel awakening. A difficult start to a long and busy weekend. But instead, the time passes quickly on the empty roads, as the sun follow
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I’ve mentioned “The Art of Possibility” several times before, but though I don’t believe either Ben or Ros Zander play this game, much of the stuff they talk about in that marvellous book is of value to the golfer, and n
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“Comparison is the thief of joy” President Theodore Roosevelt Some new ranking comes out, a list of the places we are supposed to hanker after across Great Britain & Ireland, presented as if it were the official league t
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Amidst the fading memories of an eighties childhood, the sound of Alistair Cooke’s voice, delivering his weekly sermon from across the pond, left an indelible mark. Sundays in our kitchen would stand still to let his del
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A reading from the blog post linked below, from 23rd February 2025: https://pitchmarks.substack.com/p/pitchmarks-85-the-thing-to-do?r=oquyo Get full access to Pitchmarks at pitchmarks.substack.com/subscribe
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A reading from the blog post linked below, from 16th February 2025: https://pitchmarks.substack.com/p/pitchmarks-83-you-need-to-know-this?r=oquyo Get full access to Pitchmarks at pitchmarks.substack.com/subscribe
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A reading from the blog post linked below, from 9th February 2025: https://open.substack.com/pub/pitchmarks/p/pitchmarks-81-not-only-on-sundays?r=oquyo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web, Get full access to Pitchmarks at p
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A reading from the blog posted linked below, from 2nd February 2025: https://open.substack.com/pub/pitchmarks/p/pitchmarks-80-bumps-and-all?r=oquyo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Get full access to Pitchmarks at pitchm
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A reading from the blog posted linked below, from 26th January 2025: https://open.substack.com/pub/pitchmarks/p/pitchmarks-79-baltray-beyond-termonfeckin?r=oquyo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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A reading from the blog posted linked below, from 19th January 2025: https://open.substack.com/pub/pitchmarks/p/pitchmarks-78-dollymount?r=oquyo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Get full access t
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A reading from the blog posted linked below, from 12th January 2025:https://pitchmarks.substack.com/p/pitchmarks-77-like-the-provisional The upside-down fire method explained:https://tim.blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-u
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“The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished”Kevin Kelly This is a recording of pitchmarks #79, entitled "Baltray - Beyond Termonfeckin", read by the author. Click here for more details of how to fin
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A reading from the blog post linked below, from 24th June 2023: Get full access to Pitchmarks at pitchmarks.substack.com/subscribe
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