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Literature | In 1937 appearance, Joyce joined Hungarians ‘in the middle’

By John Turnbull ⋅ June 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Jun 16 | Why has a 1937 alignment of literary stars not featured in Vienna in the European Championship’s cultural program? Vladimir Nabokov lectures in a Parisian literary salon and espies James Joyce “sitting, arms folded and glasses glinting, in the midst of the Hungarian football team.”

Health | The goalkeeper’s anxiety at the filtered cigarette

By John Turnbull ⋅ March 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Portsmouth goalkeeper David James writes an entertaining column for Guardian Unlimited, most recently meditating on the cultural contact between football and smoking and confessing his own “15-year 20-a-day habit” (“It’s Time for the Whole Game to Stub Out My Filthy Habit,” Mar 16). (Mar 19)

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In football there is a culture of transcendence. Football makes you transcend the area you find yourself in. People might not know you, but football gives you a sense of belonging. (Mark Shinners, Robben Island prisoner, "The Great Escape," FT, 24 Nov 07)