Patrick Kidd

Obituary: Len Deighton, novelist and cookery writer Celebrated author and Observer columnist who helped turn Michael Caine into a sex symbol, remembers @patrick_kidd bit.ly/4rFffhz

@JTVSimpson @andrewmacdowall That's very kind. Thank you

@andrewmacdowall @patrick_kidd Wonderful. Patrick Kidd writes beautifully.

Lovely piece by @patrick_kidd on Tufnell Park's wonderful Hellenic Bookservice - one of my favourite bookshops anywhere, run by the estimable Monica Williams. Shared with you by a Times subscriber. Enjoy this article for free. thetimes.com/uk/london/arti…

@andrewmacdowall Thank you Andrew

Since filing this piece almost a month ago, @Blackheath_1858's captain has extended his try-scoring streak this season to 21 successive matches. Long may it continue. Another hat-trick next Saturday, against league-leaders Rotherham, would be nice...

Eventually streaks end, writes @patrick_kidd, but it does not have to be The End thecritic.co.uk/on-a-winning-s…

@Blackheath_1858 Brilliant! So proud of you. Never will a “love it” have been so loved. Until the one in two weeks time….

@Blackheath_1858 Very wise. Looked clearly forward from here in SE9

80”+ Albion left wing gets ball over the line, the locals erupt but Ref chats to Touch Judge who agrees that ball went forward!! We have goal line kick and clear!

@Blackheath_1858 Oh please oh please oh please…..

80’’ Club penalty for Albion going in at the side. Sam asks for the tee…..

@Blackheath_1858 Great half Club. Cheering you on from home. Keep it going!

38’’ Try Albion. No.5 Huw Taylor punishing Club for not looking after possession after kick off. Converted. Ref has now called half time and the visitors earn a well-earned half time orange. See y’all in a bit. Albion 14 Club 24

@stu_fraser Good luck with the new adventures. We’ll always have Borås.

After 15 years of covering tennis (10 of those as The Times’s tennis correspondent), the time has come for a new challenge in golf. It’s been a privilege travelling the world to witness some historical moments in the sport: - A Scotsman winning Wimbledon… twice - An 18-year-old British qualifier winning a grand slam - The greatness of Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer - Dunblane + James Ward winning the Davis Cup - London 2012 - And the emergence of the youngest man ever to complete the career grand slam Thanks so much for reading along the way. Signing off with 25 observations through the years on and off the court: thetimes.com/sport/tennis/a…

'NB there is no Labour Liz Truss' must, surely, be the greatest news the Labout Party could receive at a time like this.

Talking a good game can make up for not playing well, writes @patrick_kidd. But for how long? thecritic.co.uk/issues/februar…

.@patrick_kidd explores the history of athletes who talked a good game but could not play thecritic.co.uk/issues/februar…

Obituary: Roland Huntford, polar historian. The iconoclastic historian recast Scott of the Antarctic as a tragic failure in the race to the South Pole. ✍️ @patrick_kidd bit.ly/3LWGcPe

🎙This week's @spectator out loud: 🗣 @thomasknox on Amelia, the govt & meme culture 🗣 Mary Killen on the demise of the landline 🗣 @owenmatth on banning Russian art 🗣 @patrick_kidd on children drinking spectator.com/podcast/sean-t…

"Why should we remove joy and light from our lives when the weather is grey and dank and a tax bill is pending?" 📔@patrick_kidd on small disasters, reluctant donkeys, a digital detox, Stonehenge, and resisting gloom ✍️ #Echobox=1769372673" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…

How Jenrick's political career began - losing an unopposed election to college student union president. From @patrick_kidd

@Nixon_Gill @MitchellGlenn He made a couple of fifties. That should keep him in place for another three years

@MitchellGlenn Yep stumps on his career @patrick_kidd obituary incoming?

Zak Crawley … the great survivor This series: ave 27.3 Test career: ave 31.2 First-class career: ave 32.0 🏏 #Ashes

Your annual reminder that Christmas decorations don't have to come down tomorrow. The older tradition, one we follow both at home and @ASBlackheath, is to keep them up to Candlemas on February 2nd (and @EnglishHeritage agrees). And as for dry January... english-heritage.org.uk/about/search-n…