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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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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Meet the Charlton chess king sharing his skills in schools
Half-term might be over, but kids at Charlton Manor primary have one reason to look forward to going back to school. MERCURY MAN meets Richard Weekes, who teaches children there and across London the joys of playing chess. I needed a quick lie down before this one because the very thought of the subject – […]
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Know a SE London people person who makes you smile? Let Mercury Man know…
After a winning start to the new year (courtesy of a nice result in yesterday’s 12.20 at Hereford), 853 special columnist and turf investment advisor MERCURY MAN is in a chipper mood – and wants to praise people. Can you help him? Right, okay, here we are then – 2018. And the question is: What […]
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