Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

I've got my tin hat on as I write this, and know I am opening a can of worms. But I have a confession to make.

Ladies' football - it doesn't interest me.

There, I've said it. I'm not some old sexist dinosaur who harrumphs 'why aren't they in the kitchen?', I acknowledge the fact that they often conduct themselves better than the men, and I'm genuinely pleased they won. But I've tried watching it, and just find it too slow, lacking in bite. Maybe old-fashioned chivalry also makes me worry somebody will get injured.

On a more cynical level, perhaps the lack of rapacious commercialism actually takes the urgency out of it.

Either way, it reminds me of non-alcoholic beer: more wholesome than the real thing, but something is........

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