Month November 2014

‘Sports people shouldn’t be seen as role models.’ Sportsmen and women don’t deserve the admiration that comes with reaching the top level of their respective game. They are severely overpaid, too; Premier League footballers earn astronomical wages, with an average… Continue Reading →

Alternative titles: Gascoigne suffers defeat in latest bout with alcoholism Hero in need: Let’s save Gazza   Gazza, 46, ended up in hospital this week after a mammoth booze binge. Gascoigne, 46, was hospitalised this week in the wake of… Continue Reading →

1) The prepositions contribute a narrative feel to the anecdote, distancing Orwell from the events and shifting any potential judgemental views onto his friend, the main character, and not him, the narrator. 2) Orwell’s tone in the extract comes across,… Continue Reading →