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Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed the fastest bowler in the world

Huge crowds turned out to watch Michael Holding play at Blackburn Road in 1981 – and to enjoy the club’s late bar

By Scott Oliver from his book Sticky Dogs and Stardust 2

To paraphrase Bishop Berkeley’…

27 days ago

Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved people

  • Illustrations by Alexis Chivir-ter Tsegba

In 2000, I won a writing competition that awakened me…

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Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations

Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensation

Caribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the compens…

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‘This is where it all begins!’ What’s it like to start your holiday in the airport bar?

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary wants European airports to clamp down on pre-flight drinking. But is it really such a problem? There’s only one way to find out …

It is 10.30am on Thursday at Gatwick, and Je…

4 months ago

Andrea Corr, 50, shows off her toned torso in a tiny black triangle bikini as she jets off to Barbados for Christmas in the Caribbean

The lead singer of Celtic pop rock group The Corrs, 50, enjoyed a day on the beach with her son Brett Desmond, Jr. at the at Sandy Lane Hotel, in Barbados.

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