Life on local newspapers, especially in district offices, used to be conducted at a different pace. And sometimes from a different planet, as ANTON RIPPON just about remembers
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ANTON RIPPON adds some perspective to the dispute in Crawley that has seen the local reporter “banned” by the football club because they took a dislike to her newspaper’s headlines
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ANTON RIPPON looks back almost 30 years to a paid assignment for local radio, and an unexpected encounter with an all-time great
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VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: A quarter of a century ago, working as a sports journalist at sports events in the British Isles often had unsettling undertones. ANTON RIPPON recalls the day his match reporting was interrupted by a bomb alert
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“I am known as Ron to my mates, Ronald to my wife and to God and my diminishing readership, and Ronnie to a very few chosen acquaintances,” says Ronald Atkin, who has struggled with his byline for more than 60 years
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20 Mar
2012
2012
Loss of readers must be a racing certainty
Last week, Peter Corrigan looked at the migration of race cards and results from the pages of The Guardian to the newspaper’s website. Here, the recent Doug Gardner award-winner JOHN SAMUEL shares his concerns
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15 Mar
2012
2012
Cheltenham fans may have paper’s card marked
Former Fleet Street sports editor PETER CORRIGAN scours the pages for Cheltenham race cards – and finds changes at The Guardian which might not be to every reader’s liking
Continue reading →Sir Bobby was on duty in London as president of the Torch Trophy Trust, which was staging its 49th annual awards to recognise volunteers in sport
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PHILIP BARKER is spending the week at Olympic Park at the latest 2012 test event, trying to get a handle on handball
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10 Nov
2011
2011
Smokin’ Joe, Manila and an unrepeatable trip
Following the death of Joe Frazier this week, the SJA Chairman, BARRY NEWCOMBE, recalls one of the great sporting moments of the 20th century
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