michael simkins

Garfield Sobers, probably the greatest ever Test cricketer. These words from JB Priestley on his summer of 1966 capture his magic telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Sobers has died. I saw him play live at Hove him several times. Unforgettable cricketer, the greatest I have ever seen in my lifetime by some distance....

@MichaelVaughan No. Its the wild west just now....

Out of interest .. Has anyone been on a Avanti train recently that hasn’t been delayed ?????

Simon Stone's modern reworking of The Oresteia @_bridgetheatre is an evening of eviscerating theatrical brilliance. Quite simply phenomenal. One of the cultural events of the year.

#MetropolitanPolice #HaringeyCouncil Dumping Rubbish Illegally Outside A Doctors Surgery On Awlfield Rd/ Lordship Lane,London Borough Of Haringey. Registration Plate FX57 XPG

Squatters have just moved into The Alliance pub, Mill Lane NW6. Locks at side of pub changed. People inside playing music. Notice has appeared in windows. Unsettling for residents. @WHampsteadNDF are hoping to submit the ACV application tomorrow. Photo credit: @NLondonCAMRA

💎 Earlier this year, a trio of masked suspects smashed the window of a Richmond jewellers with a sledgehammer before reaching in to grab jewels worth around £225,000 and making off. They thought they’d got away with it, here’s how it’s going for them...

A reminder I also run a similar site which overs all other sports so if you haven't please check it out - @HistoricSports2

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What we’ve seen today from Ben Stokes and @englandcricket is one of the most shameful, selfish and self-indulgent acts committed by any sporting team. They’ve insulted their opponents, their hosts at NCCC and the cricketing public.

At Denville Hall, a sense of belonging has always mattered. In its next phase, the design strengthens this through long, uninterrupted sightlines — allowing open views through rooms, buildings, and gardens. Images: David Schnabel

PLEASE sign this folks. So crucial to our community. 140 years it has stood, and now it might disappear overnight unless we mobilise...

Bbc long wave closes down this weekend. Those were the days. Standing outside Droitwich holding a metal comb in the air, able to hear the cricket and render yourself impotent all at the same time

Who are the utter shits who are playing loud music drowning out Keir Stamer’s farewell speech at the most humiliating moment of his life. Where is human decency?

Small thing. But I’m sick of people like Steve Bray and other protestors being allowed to disrupt any national event they feel like.

It’s about time we started thinking about who should be prime minister after Andy Burnham

Hey America, Hundreds of thousands of Albanians have been in the streets for 21 FUCKING DAYS over Jared Kushner’s plan to turn an island into a billionaire resort. You’re watching your country get hijacked in real time. Maybe get off the fucking couch?

🚨🇦🇱 BREAKING: Albanians tore down barriers at Kakome Beach in southern Albania, declaring that the country's beaches belong to the people, not oligarchs ✊️🇦🇱As opposition to the controversial Kushner-Trump resort project intensifies, public anger is spreading over the privatization of public land and protected coastal areas 🇦🇱 Albania Is Not For Sale #SaveAlbania #Albania #FlamingoRevolution

A real long shot but can people retweet this please. Yesterday all my items were stolen in Eastbourne including my stats book which has 20 years worth of details in. Laptops, phones, clothes, shavers etc can all be replaced but this can’t and is useless to anyone else. It’s in a plastic folder you can see in the left hand side of this photo. Can anyone in that neck of the woods please keep an eye out. I’m gutted about this.

I am finding it hard to care much about the Oval Test. A game that bosses around its players so much seems less of a game and more of a business.