SJA member ANTON RIPPON has worked as a journalist, author and sports book publisher for five decades, but he finds from a recent survey of professional writers that he has never been so poorly paid for his work
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21 Jul
2014
2014
Murder and mystery as Irwin fulfils ambition
Agence France Presse sports reporter PIRATE IRWIN has branched out into writing historical thrillers. Here, he outlines the background to his latest book
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ANTON RIPPON reviews the latest publication from the Wisden imprint which features some harrowing details
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The autobiography of former Express and PA journalist Frank Malley is a fascinating insight into our business, writes IAN COLE
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When he saw the DVD in his local store, ANTON RIPPON was curious about a Hollywood movie about England’s notorious defeat in 1950. Too late, he realised he should have known better
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Calvin’s fascinating story of football’s talent scouts fought off strong competition from seven other category winners at this year’s British Sports Book Awards for the overall title
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There must be a busy summer of sport coming up, if the weight of packages arriving at SJA Towers is anything to go by, as our members have been busy getting books published that cover all aspects of the coming weeks’ action
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As Lord’s celebrates it 200th anniversary this summer, the SJA’s PHILIP BARKER has published a book on Lord’s Firsts. Here, he details some of the broadcasting and cricket writing firsts to occur at Headquarters
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“A player whose stroke is affected by simultaneous explosion of bomb or shell, or by machine-gun fire, may play the ball from the same place. Penalty: 1 stroke”
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