(An) Over for Australian Cricket

March 26, 2018 / David Ould / brief thoughts, hot topics / No Comments

How do you respond when it’s just not cricket? Here’s 6 balls for Smith & Co. Prov. 20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. (A bouncer to start the over) Jer. 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? […]

Melbourne 2010

December 30, 2010 / David Ould / Blog / 1 Comment

Now tell me, my friends, how am I meant to live in a restrained way amongst these people?

A Lesson in Deep Culture for all our American Readers

December 14, 2010 / David Ould / Blog / No Comments

At last I am able to bring the heathen barbarians from other shores a piece of educational cinematography that will hopefully clarify that deepest of all English enigmas… Cricket (1947-50?) from British Council Film Archive on Vimeo. h/t Harry Mount, UK Telegraph