Duncan Stone
@drcricket.bsky.social
Author of 'Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket' now a property standards officer for an infamous Borough Council.
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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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"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
repeaterbooks.com/product/diff...
Congratulations to Michael on his book and getting a fab review from David Kynaston, who was also good enough to reference @rafnicholson.bsky.social and I, in The TLS.
#cricket #race #class #gender #ICEC
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#cricket #race #class #gender #ICEC
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Fast and furious
“Nonsense”, was Lord Botham’s crisp response to the report in 2023 of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC). He seemed to take particular exception to the finding, backed up by consi...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Congratulations to Michael on his book and getting a fab review from David Kynaston, who was also good enough to reference @rafnicholson.bsky.social and I, in The TLS.
#cricket #race #class #gender #ICEC
www.the-tls.com/culture/spor...
#cricket #race #class #gender #ICEC
www.the-tls.com/culture/spor...
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Deffo watching again: thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Edge Of Darkness Makes So Much Sense in 2025 | The Quietus
Judge Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically-minded thriller for the BBC
thequietus.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Deffo watching again: thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
How it started.
How it’s going. 👀
How it’s going. 👀
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How it started.
How it’s going. 👀
How it’s going. 👀
Morning #cricketsky.
Woke up almost an hour later than normal this morning (hibernating from the weather I guess).
Is everyone pissed in Perth?! 🤷🏻♂️ #Ashes
Woke up almost an hour later than normal this morning (hibernating from the weather I guess).
Is everyone pissed in Perth?! 🤷🏻♂️ #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Morning #cricketsky.
Woke up almost an hour later than normal this morning (hibernating from the weather I guess).
Is everyone pissed in Perth?! 🤷🏻♂️ #Ashes
Woke up almost an hour later than normal this morning (hibernating from the weather I guess).
Is everyone pissed in Perth?! 🤷🏻♂️ #Ashes
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Indeed. On which, as this excerpt from your book suggests, Agnew is one of the most consistent offenders.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Indeed. On which, as this excerpt from your book suggests, Agnew is one of the most consistent offenders.
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Excellent post. I recall disagreeing with (then club mate) Gideon Haigh over England dropping Pietersen. I sided with Pietersen. beingoutsidecricket.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Mistakes That I’ve Made Have Given Me The Strength
Not really an Ashes preview, but I thought it was as good a time as any to pick up the keyboard. It’s the Ashes Down Under. The pinnacle of the game in my eyes. The ultimate location for the …
beingoutsidecricket.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Excellent post. I recall disagreeing with (then club mate) Gideon Haigh over England dropping Pietersen. I sided with Pietersen. beingoutsidecricket.com/2025/11/17/t...
Excellent post. I recall disagreeing with (then club mate) Gideon Haigh over England dropping Pietersen. I sided with Pietersen. beingoutsidecricket.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Mistakes That I’ve Made Have Given Me The Strength
Not really an Ashes preview, but I thought it was as good a time as any to pick up the keyboard. It’s the Ashes Down Under. The pinnacle of the game in my eyes. The ultimate location for the …
beingoutsidecricket.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Excellent post. I recall disagreeing with (then club mate) Gideon Haigh over England dropping Pietersen. I sided with Pietersen. beingoutsidecricket.com/2025/11/17/t...
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This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
This was a good post. Made contact with two folks who shared the same gigs ( #IronMaiden at Donnington and #DepecheMode in Paris ).
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This was a good post. Made contact with two folks who shared the same gigs ( #IronMaiden at Donnington and #DepecheMode in Paris ).
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
Neither in top three mind. That’ll be #ACDC at Hammersmith, #RATM at Brixton and #Front242 at the much missed Astoria.
#bestgigs ❤️
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
Funny what you find when looking for a hat! #gigtickets
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Funny what you find when looking for a hat! #gigtickets
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Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
State school cricket: MCC president Ed Smith says 'better co-ordination' can help address 'digital addiction'
Cricket's stakeholders need to work together
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
State school cricket: MCC president Ed Smith says 'better co-ordination' can help address 'digital addiction'
Cricket's stakeholders need to work together
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ha! I see the #MCC has lumbered #cricket with yet another extraneous purpose.
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
All for #stateschool cricket but please stop with the character building bollocks and let them play.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Excellent stuff from the #Cricket Research Network on the future of Tests:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
Panel: The Men’s Ashes and the Future of Test Cricket
YouTube video by Cricket Research Network
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November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excellent stuff from the #Cricket Research Network on the future of Tests:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt6...
The Keens Park Rangers ressies could have played all night and not scored. However, manager Liam saved the day with a sublime impression of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk falling off a paddle board.
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
"The Footballing Equivalent of the Liberal Democrats" - The KPR Match Report » Keens Park Rangers FC
If the pitch played better than it looked, KPR's first team flattered to deceive in what proved to be a frustrating goalless draw against visitors Staines and Lammas.After a solid win last week, KPR's...
keensparkrangers.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Keens Park Rangers ressies could have played all night and not scored. However, manager Liam saved the day with a sublime impression of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk falling off a paddle board.
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
#grassrootsfootball in #Surrey.
keensparkrangers.com/2025/11/09/t...
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Genuinely baffled why Utd should get a penny of taxpayers’ money for this.
i Sport: Old Trafford regeneration delayed by Chancellor’s U-turn ahead of budget #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Genuinely baffled why Utd should get a penny of taxpayers’ money for this.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Call for Papers | Cricket Research Network Annual Conference | Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (overlooking Fenner’s Cricket Ground), February 26, 2026. Call ends November 21, 2025
What looms on the horizon for cricket in 2026? In England & Wales we are contending with new ownership of The Hundred teams and the threat of player strikes in the Men’s County Championship, while loo...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM