After seeing the plight of child workers in mines and the conditions the poor were forced to spend their lives in, Dickens sprung into action – he had been considering writing a pamphlet on the subject for some time, but instead swiftly generated a novella to increase potential readership (and help his family’s dire finances into the bargain). On this very day in 1843, what is probably the most famous Christmas story (the nativity aside) was published: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Project Mobilisation continues! As I need to start building my cricket shirt collection back up again, I think I will be opting for my #TailendersOfTheWorldUniteAndTakeOver t-shirt for a while – and I bought a Bangladesh hat partly because it’s thanks to them that I got back into watching cricket properly, but also because they’re just Yes, there was plenty going on around the world (and even in England, when the weather behaved itself), but perhaps the disappointment of the IPL being cut off snapped me out of it for a while. On the fieldThis was a bit of a barren month, as far as cricket was concerned. The first big event was England’s mini-series against New Zealand it’s always a shame when there are only two Tests, but I certainly made the most of them May T21 On the fieldNow we’re talking! Plenty to be going on with this month, as the weather largely behaved and international & domestic fixtures came thick & fast. McCoy’s) took on the Oval Invincibles (a.k.a. The women kicked things off as the Manchester Originals (a.k.a. The hype and speculation over The Hundred has been absolutely insane – and its COVID-induced delay definitely hasn’t helped matters – but last night at the Oval, we finally got to see what it was all about.
SIMON CALLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL 2022 SERIES
Complete domination against Sri Lanka was spoiled by Bristolian rain (*shakes fist*), but it was the ODI series against Pakistan that was the most satisfying England had to pretty The Hundred: Initial Reaction
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On the fieldJuly seems to have been designated as white ball month, with enjoyable ODI & T20 series between England and both Sri Lanka & Pakistan.
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