Got some book tokens for Christmas? 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN returns with a tale of an old colleague who has just released his first novel… We’re all guilty, aren’t we? Of jumping to unfair assumptions. Making sweeping generalisations. Postulating when we should just be listening. Choosing conjecture when… (Okay, we […]
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The SE London soccer legend who wants a revolution in women’s football
853‘s special correspondent and turf investment advisor MERCURY MAN presents PETER KING – once a force in SE London youth football, now working his magic in women’s football in Essex. And he’s got a message for the people running the sport… WHERE to start with Peter King? It could be Moses, but Moses is a […]
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The lost Independent: A railway station sign that’s a piece of journalism history
Not a word from 853‘s turf investment advisor and special correspondent MERCURY MAN for a while. Can only assume he’s had a bad few weeks in the betting shop. But we’ve got none other than MERCURY WOMAN to step into the breach (apologies, MW, we’re struggling with the artwork…) A few years ago I was […]
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From taekwondo to Motown: Community spirit is alive and well in New Eltham
Think modern society turns its back on the community? Think again. Fresh from a winner at the 3.10 at Chepstow, 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment advisor MERCURY MAN has found good news in New Eltham… PSSST! I want this one to be a complete surprise. Not only to you but to the people I’m […]
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Mercury Man: The sports reporter who became a hypnotherapist
853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN has done a bit of sports reporting in his time – but what happens when the local paper industry starts to fade away? Sit back, relax, and let him talk you through what happened to one of south-east London’s best-known sports writers after the cuts came… Sports journalism tends to […]
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Mercury Man: Through the pinhole with Wulfie Mayfield
It’s bank holiday weekend, so 853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN marks May Day by downing tools and getting someone else to do all the work. As you all knew, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day was last Sunday. You did know, didn’t you? It’s been held on the last Sunday in April since 2001. My own pinhole […]
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From blues to funerals to podcasts: SE London jazz legend Billy Jenkins
As a Easter special, 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN introduces a man who has written a protest album about Bromley, played bowls in Brockley, sent his love to Lewisham and made a jazz piece about the Greenwich one-way system. And now you can hear him in his own podcast… All/some/a few/one […]
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Get up close and personal with Rubber Johnny – Deptford’s best ever band?
Just like his winners at the Lee High Road bookies, wait four weeks for a new MERCURY MAN column and two come along at once. 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser invites you to join him down the front and meet some SE8 musical legends… You know me, easy-going to a fault. Made for […]
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