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England didn't win, but the campaign on the pitch has brought about a victory in the culture wars. At the beginning of the Euros, rightw...

There were some successes from the New Labour years worth preserving. One being the legislative spadework done for LGBTQ rights, though a le...

I don't pay football much mind, so you might say I know sweet FA about it. But I do know about capitalism, and plans to form a break aw...

What a summer 1996 was. It had the tunes, it had the footy. Well, you know what, this summer's going to be even better . No time for a p...

They're coming home, they're coming home, they're coming, England's coming home. What a shambles. Let's remember a hap...

Party people, it's Saturday night. The Solid disco pick for the evening is topical but has somewhat melted into the half-forgotten soup ...

Let's look at some recent research by Edinburgh University. While UKIP are basking in the warm glow of favourable polling, north of th...

The England flags are out. Cars are festooned with the cross of St George. It can only mean the four yearly football jamboree of the World C...

Time AVPS returned to brass tacks and started blogging again about sociology. A few weeks ago your humble scribbler went along to a paper gi...

For those of you who aren’t familiar with darn saaf , Middlesex was a county that ceased to exist in around 1965. It formed the northern and...