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The squalid parochialism of Adrian Durham

Face for radio: Adrian Durham It wasn’t supposed to be like this. This time, the chance would be taken to pen a serious ‘journalistic’ piece, something bristling with erudite observations and...

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Albert Bore’s Poll Tax?

Bore when he was a leftie. In opposition. One of the nastier policies of our delightful, life-affirming government is their recent round of cuts to council tax benefit (which it’s been revealed are...

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The return of Suede (and the demise of HMV)

Amidst the hype signalled by David Bowie’s surprise return, many could be forgiven for thinking that nothing else of note is happening on the musical horizon. Indeed, it is a particularly cruel...

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Frank Field is the bestest politician ever

As an internationally renowned blogger I often get stopped in the street and asked: “so, Mambo, who’s your all-time favourite politician? You’re a man full of the milk of human kindness. You never...

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Lance Armstrong’s charity work

Students of WW2 will probably be aware of an infamous Japanese experimental section of the Japanese Army called Unit 731, who conducted hideous, live, anaesthetic –free experiments of almost...

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John Hemming covers himself in glory again

Occasionally, when I’m not ruminating and writing over trivial matters, I like to devote my attention to matters of local interest, i.e. my fair city of Birmingham. At the Mambo I’ve tried to discuss...

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An Apology…

Unfortunately, as some may have noticed, we have been unable to maintain our hitherto prolific level of erudite analysis and acerbic rants of late. Fear not, The Mambo remains very much a going concern...

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Diminishing returns for Argentina?

‘Aesthetics are no longer a priority…Teams are becoming more defensive, players are focused purely on fitness…Teams are playing worse than 10 years ago.’ So went Maxi Rodríguez’s assessment of the...

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What the world was waiting for

The Mambo was present at the Brixton Electric little over a week ago to hear Kevin Shields’ casually claim that My Bloody Valentine’s forever delayed follow-up 1991′s unspeakably perfect Loveless...

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Musings on Real Madrid vs Manchester United

Is it just us? It’s a question never far from the forefront of our minds here at The Mambo and one often inevitably answered with a resounding ‘yes’ yet there remain circumstances and scenarios thrown...

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