Goalkeeper – Jordan Pickford Gareth Southgate’s decision to leave veteran Joe Hart out of England’s squad paid off after Pickford stood up to claim the No.1 shirt. Despite having only made his England debut in November...
By Dominic Unwin All hail the rise of the minnows! Well, maybe they aren’t minnows in the traditional sense of the word but in the modern age of football where national squads can more closely resemble stock portfo...
By Dominic Unwin Why they can win On paper the French boast one of the strongest squads in Russia and much like fellow challengers Germany their depth is astounding. In skipper Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur) they hav...
Alone in Berlin is a film with a brilliant premise but its slow pace ultimately makes for tough viewing. Set in Nazi Germany, the film follows Otto and Anna Quangel (Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson) who, upon suffering g...
When I plucked Dubliners from a shelf in my local bookstore, I did so out of pure curiosity. Written in 1905 by Irish author James Joyce, Dubliners is a collection of short stories detailing the dreams and failures facing...