Write stuff, including 'World In Motion: The Inside Story of Italia '90' & 'Here We Go: Everton in the 1980s' @Toffeebooks. Views my own.
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Feb 18
Last orders at the Winslow – this time in the Guardian.
#EFC @TheWinslowHotel
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𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | THE WORLD IN MOTION by @simon22ph
Tales from the heroes and villains of Italia ’90 and find out why it is still seen as a special and transformative moment, not just in English eyes but in other countries far and wide.
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Jun 3
For those looking to get into the World Cup mood, the 'World in Motion' paperback has a new afterword, featuring a trip to England's Qatar 2022 base & a plane ride with Rene Higuita... #italia90
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890 killed during a 'ceasefire'.
May 26
Israel has killed 890 Palestinians in Gaza since the 'cease-fire.' Here's how | Amira Hass haaretz.com/opinion/2026-05-…
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Apr 24
The Israelis carried out their threat to assassinate Amal
Apr 23
VIDEO | "I received direct threats targeting me on my phone from the Mossad, from the Israelis, and they threatened to kill me. They were literally saying they would sever my head from my shoulders if I didn’t leave south Lebanon."
In an interview recorded before her targeted killing, Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, from the southern village of Baysariyyeh, reflects on the threats she received while covering Israeli aggression in south Lebanon for Al-Akhbar.
"Before 23 September, I definitely didn’t take precautions and I didn’t pay attention to these threats, because I said if I’m going to do what they want, why would I let the Israeli enemy impose its own narrative on me? It brings journalists onto my land and promotes the narrative it wants, while preventing me from moving freely on my own land."
Amal Khalil, along with her colleague Zeinab Faraj, was deliberately attacked and subsequently killed by Israel yesterday in the southern Lebanese village of Tayri. Zeinab Faraj was severely injured and, as per latest reports, remains in stable condition after undergoing emergency surgery.
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Read this detailed account from @ZeinakhodrAljaz of the sequence of events leading to the killing of Leb journalist Amal Khalil. Her editors; Leb Pres; Red Cross, were all informed and appealed for help. The Israeli military bombed her shelter anyway then prevented her rescue for hours, attacking the ambulance crews. Targeting journalists and first responders is a heinous breach of int law - no matter their affiliation, no matter it was inside Israeli-occupied land. Leb PM is demanding accountability and calls her killing a ‘blatant war crime’
Apr 23
The car the journalists were driving behind was hit by an Israeli drone at 2:45 pm killing 2 men inside; Zeinab, Amal took shelter in nearby house; At 2:50pm Amal called her editors, family; President Aoun called on Red Cross, army to rescue them; 4:27pm Israel bombed house
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Apr 17
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall interview on Tarky's volley, feeling important at Everton and adding some spice to Sunday's Merseyside derby.
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Apr 11
Please read the great @JohnSimpsonNews writing for @thenerve_news On Israel’s ‘journacide’.
The deliberate targeting & murder of journalists with absolute impunity
Apr 11
Here's the link to my article: thenerve.news/p/john-simpson… #Thenerve
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Meanwhile, the international press is using Israel’s fake language & euphemisms. These are all headlines from the international media. It’s not a ground operation’ or a ‘security buffer zone’. It’s an INVASION. These are war crimes.
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NEW: NEW: Lebanon is Gaza 2.0. That’s what Israeli ministers are saying *in their own words*. Believe them.
My new piece for @thenerve_news
[link below]
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Mar 31
For those saddened by another World Cup without those famous blue shirts, it could be time to revisit the days when #Italy was the centre of the football world...
#Italia90 @MtVernonBooks
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Mar 30
NEW: It’s a journocide. Israel admits to targeting & killing three more journalists & making up false evidence.
Journalists in the west have a moral responsibility to speak up. The blowback from this impunity is coming next for us all.
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The Lebanese President has condemned the killing of two senior Lebanese journalists and a cameraman in a targeted double Israeli strike today saying: ‘This is a brazen crime that violates all the norms and treaties under which journalists enjoy international protection in wars, in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Conventions’ he said
Mar 28
دان رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون استهداف إسرائيل الإعلاميين علي شعيب وفاطمة فتوني ومحمد فتوني قبل ظهر اليوم على طريق جزين، وقال :
"مرة اخرى يستبيح العدوان الإسرائيلي ابسط قواعد القوانين الدولية والقانون الدولي الإنساني وقوانين الحرب، باستهدافه مراسلين صحفيين، هم في النهاية مدنيون يقومون بواجب مهني.
انها جريمة سافرة تنتهك جميع الأعراف والمعاهدات التي يتمتع الصحافيون بموجبها، بحماية دولية في الحروب، وفقاً لاتفاقيات جنيف للعام 1949 وبروتوكولاتها. وتحديداً المادة 79 من البروتوكول الإضافي الأول (1977)، والقرار 1738 لمجلس الأمن (2006)، مما يحظر استهداف الصحفيين والإعلاميين، طالما لم يشاركوا مباشرة في الأعمال العدائية.
إذ ندين بشدة هذا الاعتداء نُطالب الجهات الدولية كافة التحرك لوقف ما يحصل على أرضنا، ونكرر العزاء لذوي الشهداء وللجسم الصحفي والإعلامي في لبنان ".
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Israeli strikes in south Lebanon just this morning have killed seven paramedics and wounded seven more. Three journalists covering the attacks have also been killed.
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Mar 24
Trump’s retribution against Albanese should concern far more than those focused on Israel’s human rights record. It should trouble anyone who believes in free speech.
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📍Gaza
One year has passed since the killing of 8 @PalestineRCS medics and 7 other first responders in Gaza. Our thoughts today are with their loved ones.
Humanitarian workers must be able to carry their work in safety.
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Read this sentence. This is our collective shame.
Mar 20
Gaza: 96% of children say they feel death is imminent.
After more than two years of war & relentless violence, young Palestinians face a deepening mental health emergency. Girls are at particular risk, including a rise in child marriage, @UNFPA reports.
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