The bread so short, the circus so long. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Sorry to give no prior indication! 2 At my newspaper this week, we published a Diwali-special issue about giving, with a focus on organisations who work with the urban poor. One of our stories highlighted the work of people who use football as a developmental tool to work with underprivileged children in Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. You can read that story here. And read the whole giving issue here.

Friday, November 07, 2008. As of today, this blog moves to a new home on the World Wide Wires. Wednesday, November 05, 2008. Sunday, November 02, 2008. Has a hot new look.

The Run of Play is a blog about. The wonder and terror of soccer. We left the window open during a match in October 2007 and a strange wind blew into the room. Now we walk the forgotten byways of football with a lonely tread, searching for the beautiful, the bewildering, the haunting, and the absurd. Spurs have succeeded by remembering that some problems are minor. When to keep the ball, and when not to.

An eye on the beautiful game. Caught a glimpse of him from the train.