I say! I made the mistake of talking to Doviko about bankers' bonuses this morning. I'm not sure how we got on to the subject, but anyway, I told him that a handful or so of bankers in the UK were due to get bonuses amounting to $2 billion and had...

I say! Here's a question for you: What is the origin of the term 'dead ringer'? Is it: a) A term first used in the Long Room of the Lords Cricket Ground (not to be re-named the Menzies Milngavie III Cricket Ground) around the turn of the 20th...

I say! Well, I would just like to distance myself from the proposal that Lord's should be renamed the Menzies Milngavie III Cricket Ground. I can understand the appeal of such a name, and would like to thank those who made the proposal, but I feel...

I say! Some commentators have suggested that we should pull out of Afghanistan. Well, it's certainly a fact that essentially some hill tribesmen gave our lads a bit of a doing recently, but I don't think we should be too negative about this. I've...

I say, Well the break between cricket series has enabled me to read a couple of non-cricketing books and do some investigations on the Web. Firstly, here is an item that may interest many readers of this blog. It's about bats. And I don't mean...