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Duncan Stone

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Author of 'Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket' now a property standards officer for an infamous Borough Council. Class - Culture - Environment https://linktr.ee/DuncanStone

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · Nov 12

On #DifferentClass🏏📚

"A modern day John Arlott" - Lord Hain

"A book all #cricket lovers should read" - Mihir Bose

"the most invaluable contribution to cricket literature this century” - Tribune Magazine

“A worthy successor to Mike Marqusee" - Big Issue North

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for all the love for the Luton lads yesterday.

If anyone is interested in the stories behind this (and other pictures), the social and cultural #history of recreational cricket in England reveals a great deal about #class, #race and #society in the UK.

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West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine meeting dignitaries before a Lancashire League match in 1928.

An anti-apartheid protestor is dragged off a cricket field in 1969.

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who thinks #BreakingBad is a patch on #TheWire is an imbecile. Actually very ordinary now I’ve got round to watching.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists

Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters A man who schemed to rape children as young as six was revealed at his trial to have been a police informer who spied on environmental activists. Nick Gratwick, 68, was found guilty on Friday of 38 “abhorrent” paedophile offences, including plans over the last two years to pay to rape or sexually assault children in the UK and abroad. Continue reading...

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 2d

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. Dick-a-Dick et al. 😀
Was lucky enough to go to the 150th anniversary match at Oval.

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Join me! #BookshopDay

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 5d

Calling all #booklovers. #BookshopDay this Saturday in Guildford has much to offer.

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Cyrille Regis apart, my fav player of all time is Bergkamp - nasty bastard on the quiet.

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Who doesn’t admire the Dutch of 74. 👌🏻

Photogenically, however, they ain’t half as cool as the Luton lads. 🥰

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Dipak looks a Black Sabbath kinda guy. 😊

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Hope you enjoy it - although far from the romantic view of the game that 99% of cricket books adopt. 😅

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! The Clive Lloyd Cup warrants a good history.

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

In the book, but not there that particular day.

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

In the book. 😉

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Heck of a cricketer it seems - especially with the bat 💥

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

Not quite. 😊

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 3d

#BlackHistoryMonth is always a wonderful excuse to share my all-time favourite team photo. 📷

This is the mighty - and very cool - #Luton United #Cricket Club in 1974. ❤️🏏

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 6d

Does the BBC have a death wish? What does it imagine a Reform UK government would do to it?

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 5d

Calling all #booklovers. #BookshopDay this Saturday in Guildford has much to offer.

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 6d

#JohnPeel still pointing to great music. Moreover, given the hoo haa over #BlackMidi, these lads should have been massive.

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MAZEY FADE John Peel 2nd May 1993

YouTube video by FruitierThanThou

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 10d

Ahhh. #publictransport. €6 for two of us to travel, by this lovely spacious train, a distance the equivalent of London to Southampton. 🤷🏻‍♂️
#Croatia

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 11d

Ha ha. If wish to define that, I’ll listen. X

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 11d

Very comfortable. 😂

Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · 11d

Discovered the #antifa bar in #Pula. La Résistance. A gem of a roof terrace (and wheat beer) right on top of the colosseum!

#Croatia 👌🏻

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