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NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE, BBC Radio 5 Live

‘A must-read for anyone interested in the cultural politics of sport, the question of English and British nationalism, and what sport can (and can’t) do to produce a more convivial society.’

BEN CARRINGTON, Associate Professor of

Sociology and Journalism in the USC

Annenberg School for

Communication and Journalism

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ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

To Elle & Keithus

For Meadow & Marlowe

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MY TWO KIDS RAN UP the stairs to wash their faces, clean their teeth and put on their pyjamas while I stayed downstairs to pour a shot of rum. I turned on the television. A documentary about Margaret Thatcher had just started. Couldn’t think why she’d be on the telly. Had a feeling she’d died. So, I grabbed my iPhone to find out if that was indeed the case. She had died of a stroke, aged 87.

It had been our first night on holiday in an old cottage in Suffolk. The cottage, beautifully worn with creaky floors, low-hanging ceilings, stained rugs, and dusty, stale smells also featured all the modern trimmings required to make it a contemporary holiday retreat for kids, like a PlayStation and an iPad docking station.