The focus might be on safety, the tournaments sanctioned, the environment controlled – but make no mistake this is still boxing. In which, I remind, you, men and women attempt to beat the hell out of each other.
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Living proof of a well instrumented self-fulfilling prophecy
We were inspected, turned around, looked up and down, classified and delineated. Who will live and who will die? By a flick of a clean manicured hand foppishly playing God, life was categorized to death.
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People
Fantastic Flying Foxes dare to dream the impossible dream
If they win, not only will the city of Leicester go mad but so will the whole football world. Mad with joy, mad with the euphoric realisation that sometimes dreams – crazy, zany, wistful, fantastic, zillion-to-one, impossible dreams – really do come true.
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Events
Seeking absolute freedom in an age of violence and lies
Today we are a long way from Chekhov’s state of absolute freedom. But yesterday’s atrocities must not stop us believing in it.
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People
Catching a (Wild) Tiger by its tale
Incredibly, India had around 100,000 tigers in the mid-19th century. Today it has around 2,200, underlining the urgency of protection.
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Airports
Hailing a taxi system to drive away airport rip-offs
At Sydney Airport, I made the near-fatal mistake of asking a taxi driver at the wheel of a people carrier if he was an airport hotel pick-up. “Do I f****** look like an airport hotel pick-up mate?” he snarled, marginally less menacing than a Doberman guard dog that had been starved for a month and then offered the opportunity to dine on my left leg.
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Airports
A metaphor for India at Mumbai International T2
Mumbai Terminal 2 is becoming a reflection of an emerging and changing India: a place increasingly confident in itself, in its brands, in its service quality and in its future.
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Miscellaneous
Making a statement with Prunier as life begins at 60
To win a bottle of Prunier 60 year old Cognac AND a bottle whose age matches yours, simply send your offer (in Euros) by e-mail to Martin@TheMoodieReport.com, headed ‘Prunier makes a statement’.
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Miscellaneous
Medical efforts in vein and a hearty return to business
I always wondered why the makers of Vertu luxury mobile phones never called one of their models Patience but I digress.
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Airports
Stirred (and shaken) in India
In the few hours since I stepped off the plane from Heathrow, I have already had the senses well stirred (and occasionally shaken), reminding me that there is nowhere else on earth like India, this country of stunning contrasts.
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Events
Marshall lore fails to prevent English victory over Scots
A chance to cheer the boys in blue; A memory that I will always treasure; Being with my father was a real pleasure.
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Miscellaneous
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
Though much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are…
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Events
Crisis, what crisis? How Dermot delivered when needed most
I have been visiting Korea multiple times each year since 1989 and care deeply about its travel retail industry. I am proud of the respect in which we are held there. Our voice was an important one for a sector under legislative attack. Quite simply we had to be there.