What Russia’s World Cup stadiums say about Vladimir Putin’s government. In Episode One Hundred and Thirty Five, we feature “Diplomatic Manoeuvres” by Luke Connelly, first published in Issue Five of The Squall, in September 2020. Find the link to listen to the article and subscribe to our podcast below. While you listen, test your World […]
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Diplomatic Manoeuvres
What Russia’s World Cup stadiums say about Vladimir Putin’s government. In Episode One Hundred and Thirty Five, we feature “Diplomatic Manoeuvres” by Luke Connelly, first published in Issue Five of The Squall, in September 2020. Read Issue Five of The Squall for a recommended £3: theblizzard.co.uk/news/ground Discover Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens: theblizzard.co.uk/news/homo-passiens-man-footballer Immortalise […]
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Blue Period
"Only two things dominated the lives of any schoolboy growing up in Johannesburg in the late 1970s – sport and girls. Girls were a proposition too various and complicated to contemplate, so we sublimated frantically and played more sport than we were already playing. Scratch soccer games at break-time. Cricket, rugby, touch-rugby. We swam, considered […]
Blizzard-38 Sampler
Blizzard-38 Sampler
Issue Thirty Eight
Introduction Issue 38: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Eight Ideals Who Really Ran BeoutQ? – Ben Jacobs An investigation into the murky world of the pirate television station BeoutQ Corinthian Democracy – Moara Passoni How Sócrates and his teammates offered a model of governance and why it ended Liaoning Cannot […]
An African Parable
"They have been drawn in a difficult group, but hey, everyone has been drawn in a difficult group. With this foreign coach they will go far. He understands them. He is up-to-date with his practice and methodology. His parents know Africa. They were traders. Or missionaries. Or both." In episode Nineteen we look back to […]
Issue Thirty Six
Introduction Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Six Bielsa The Quest For Happiness – Federico Bassahún Marcelo Bielsa’s management has always examined his own soul São Paulo 1 Newell’s Old Boys 0 – Joshua Law The Libertadores final defeat that established the pattern of Bielsa near-misses No Airs – Rob Bagchi How Bielsa’s honesty and […]