To paraphrase Brian Clough, I am not saying this was the best day of my life but it is in the Top One. I have met many well known people but only one that I have mentioned every day since first meeting them. To play in a charity match with Maradona, and to train with him, was as good as life gets. He was still in so many ways like a kid who just loved to kick a ball. He wore his fame with difficulty at times but he was so nice to everyone involved in Soccer Aid and even men who had won World Cups were in absolute awe of him. The world will be talking of him, writing of him, making films about him for ever. Football is the greatest game on Earth and he was its greatest player RIP DIEGO LEGEND IDOL 💔
It’s another lockdown podium clean sweep for Hampstead Heath in Tree of the Day. The winner looking beautiful but a bit bleak against that dull grey sky #TotD
Four nice ones from Hampstead pm walk. Tree of the Day 🥇 goes to pic 1. Because some days it is the ones that get overlooked that deserve to be recognised
Tree of the Day, Devon. One tree, three angles. Nice. I would now like 3-1 to be the score at the most awaited game of the weekend 530 kick off @burnleyofficial v @cpfc
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Just got told off by @disgracecampbell and @noramillar for posting too many tree pictures - so here are another ten, six from my p.m bike ride, four from my a.m walk. 1 and 2 joint winners Tree of the Day
One of Fleet Street’s finest has passed away. Paul Callan was an enormous character, great fun to be with, and full of good (and bad) advice for young @dailymirror hacks making their way. He was also my favourite Old Etonian - because he never actually went there. He just pretended he had. But he could write a hell of a lot better than other Old Etonian columnists I could mention. RIP Paul and love and condolences to your family
Four beauties from in and around Kenwood early morning today. Pic 1 is Tree of the Day. It’s a leaf Leave Means Leave special ... Brexit Britain will be just as bare and not nearly so beautiful, and not with the same certainty of growth and rejuvenation by spring.
Tree of the Day
Tree of the Day is a Japanese Maple from Yorkshire courtesy of top tree-spotter Neil Atkinson. Reminds me of a puppy scampering over the ground. Pic 2 got close but today is one of those days that needs some bloody colour in our lives. Grimsville Britain right now
Blog - RIP Diego Maradona. Thank you for lighting up the world, and thank you for a day I will never, ever forget https://alastaircampbell.org/2020/11/maradona-thank-you-for-everything-including-a-day-i-will-never-ever-forget/
I don’t know much about football but my dad talked about playing with Maradona with more pride than he spoke about anything else he’s achieved (even creating me!) RIP to the biggest ledge ever.
To paraphrase Brian Clough, I am not saying this was the greatest day of my life- but it was in the top one. I have met many well known people but only one that I make a point of mentioning every day. To play in a charity match with him was as as good as life gets. Genius. Idol
The 0.7 per cent was a manifesto commitment. So what else might in a couple of years or so not be sacred? The promises not to raise income tax, NI and VAT?
