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2011-22 website that had new independent writing on popular culture, producing an original T-shirt with Springsteen illustration and football e-book.

Joined December 2011
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New, up today, in addition to new content below, with her first piece for The Substantive, @LeilaG writes about @thestrokes returning to London for @allpointseastuk here: thesubstantive.com/2019/06/t… #TheStrokes
New pieces up in the last week: * Rolling Thunder Revue - a #BobDylan story by Martin Scorsese * Review of @paulmasonnews new book Clear Bright Future * @MaradonaMovie - the new Diego Maradona film by @asifkapadia TheSubstantive.com
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New: Now it's is over, a long read on the #TV highlights of 2017. thesubstantive.com/2018/01/t… Including: @MasterofNone @FargoFX @SHO_TwinPeaks #TheTunnelVengeance (@EmiliaDG) @tinstartv #BlackMirror @InsideNo9Tweets @WILTY_TV #Television
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More new content. A review of @BlondieOfficial at @O2academybrix a couple of weeks ago - sights and sounds for the ages. thesubstantive.com/2017/12/b… #Blondie #LiveMusic
Finally, some new content. A review of @StevieVanZandt at #TheRoundhouse #Camden earlier this month; thesubstantive.com/2017/11/l… #LittleStevenandtheDisciples @LilStevenFans @MVZaGoGo More new content to come.
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New, a review of @HarrietHarman's A Woman's Work, published by @AllenLaneBooks - thesubstantive.com/2017/06/h… CC @annabelhuxley #Labour
After a great start to the #Ashes and the success of #Lions and Andy Murray, Mark Perryman on #WhySportMatters - thesubstantive.com/2013/07/s…
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83.2% of what Henman says are stats related.
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Andy Murray plays tennis all over the world in all climates for a living. Please stop thinking a British summer day will somehow kill him.
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Why do they bother showing Lendl's face, we know what it's going to look like?
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The Di Canio defence, effectively "I've got black friends", must have got through the Sunderland PR Department because it's a Bank Holiday.
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Statements by Di Canio + Sunderland don't address his 3 fascist salutes while at Lazio nor 'Dux' tattoo on his right arm (for Mussolini?)
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Some don't rate him, but a timely post for this Profile of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from the @TheSubstantive: thesubstantive.com/2012/03/z… #Sweden #Zlatan
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What have you done Carrie?!!? #homeland
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Sad news about Sid Waddell, the voice of Darts and author of Jossie's Giants. "Football's just a branch of science". RIP.
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"Mo was asked by a journalist if he’d have preferred to run as a Somali. He replied 'Look mate, this is my country'" - action.hopenothate.org.uk/pa…
A football blog about his club, #TottenhamHotspur and their new coach #AVB by PF's resident DJ @melstarsg glorynights.blogspot.com/201…
Gove story broke last night, and now everyone’s talking about O Levels, and not the offshore tax havens used by the Tory party. Coincidence!
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"Socialist Cable not fit for office"..... yet a venture capitalist Tory donor is fit to advise the Tories on employment law
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As I wrote here last year Glenn Hoddle is the right man for England: thesubstantive.com/2011/12/m… RT @itvfootball #Hoddle interested in England job
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