There are plenty of crazy football games, but the manner in which United lost to FC Copenhagen in the Champions League was crazier than most. — I didn’t watch this game live, as I was watching Arsenal beat Seville, but having just seen the highlights I felt compelled to put what happened at the Parken into words, because honestly you couldn’t have scripted a madder football match than this one. It literally had everything: an early…

Brighton’s best put on a rock solid performance which, while often scintillating, was let down by playing too many songs from their newly released, most underwhelming album to date — Royal Blood and I go back a long way. I first got to see them play in December 2013 at one of their earliest Brighton gigs. They were headlining Bermuda Triangle, a tiny claustrophobic venue on the seafront that thankfully no longer exists.

On an historic night at the Amex, Albion swept aside Holland’s top team to record their first ever victory in Europe — Another sold out game for the Albion, another momentous European night at the Amex. Two things most Brighton fans could only have dreamed of when the Seagulls were languishing in the old Fourth Division without any prospects of success and without even a stadium to call their own. How things…

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of their biggest hits, The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up), the jazz funk pioneers were in Brighton for a show that delivered sonically, but was sadly lacking in spectacle — Founded by bass player extraordinaire Mark King on his native Isle of Wight in 1979, and named after a reference in the novel The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Level 42 have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and enjoyed 11 Top 20 albums in the UK as well as…

As more and more Britons struggle to put food on the table and begin to realise that the promised ‘Brexit benefits’ were all a work of fiction, the retail landscape has never been so bleak, with high streets filled with empty shops and those that remain open facing an unprecedented…

Despite all the excitement and optimism, the Seagulls first ever game in Europe turned out to be a miserable night, a rain-soaked Greek tragedy that ended in heartache — After finishing sixth in the Premier League last season, Brighton & Hove Albion, the football club closest to where I live, qualified to play in Europe for the first time in their 122-year-old history. Specifically, they qualified for the UEFA Europa League, where they were drawn against tough opposition in…

My favourite cars from among the exceptional automobile exotica on display at Hampton Court Palace. — Now in its 12th year, Concours of Elegance has established itself as being one of the most prestigious Concours in the world. Held in the splendid Great Fountain Garden of Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace, whilst the event remains much the same each year, the Concours cars are always different. …

According to Nike its colour is Taupe Haze, but to many it was a little bit beige and a little bit meh! — With no European football this season, Spurs found themselves playing in the Second Round South of the Carabao Cup, the least prestigious of England’s two cup competitions. Even more surprising than new manager Ange Postecoglou replacing nine players from Spurs’ previous game, was the kit his team were giving a…

How Donald Trump is weaponising words and using bellicose language as a political tool to foment violence, endanger his opponents and corrode the rule of law. — With this being my sixth article on Donald Trump, I have to admit to being somewhat obsessed about the twice impeached, four times indicted, former President. Now don’t get me wrong, I despise his politics, but more than anything else about him, I’m preoccupied with how he’s achieved what he…