Of all the places I've lived in, this is the one that's the most ignorant about the world around it. It's tiring having to explain to supposedly educated people where the Netherlands is and that New Zealand isn't some kind of idealised version of 1950's Britain ( Read more... )

Outrage on Twitter over Thierry Henry's handball during extra time in France vs Ireland last night, which knocked Ireland out of the men's football World Cup. It made me have a look at the video and I must admit I wasn't expecting anything quite so blatant.

The French captain owned up to the handball after the match but said he's not the ref. [ ( Read more... )