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Robert Collins

About Robert Collins

Robert Collins is a freelance journalist based in London. Since 2000 he's been Features Editor of Playmusic magazine, edited the musicians' sections of NME and Melody Maker, and has contributed to The Sunday Times, The Toronto Star, thelondonpaper, Ryanair Magazine, Sleaze Nation and many others. He earned his degree in American Studies at the University of Manchester, where he developed his exacting standards for chicken kebabs, and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he learnt the finer points of the pick and roll. Robert writes about global sports culture in his column, Sticky Wickets. Before you ask, his favourite sports moment of all time is the Second Test between The British & Irish Lions and South Africa in 1997. He cannot dunk and has never even come close.

Features

Music

Pastures of Plenty: An Interview with Fields

[5.Nov.07] :. It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for. Fields are proving that on a daily basis.

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Music

Life of Ryan: An Interview with the Cribs

[22.Oct.07] :. The Cribs made a name for themselves as brash, belligerent punks, but they’ve cemented their place in the rock world with their music -- an intelligent, resolutely British take on power pop that’s actually done better across the pond than in Britain.

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Music

Max Power: An Interview with Maxïmo Park

[18.Oct.07] :. From the market streets of China to the back alleys of London, Maxïmo Park are poised to take over the world.

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Music

The Mysterious Mr Wheeler: An Interview with Ash

[24.Sep.07] :. He's spearheaded one of Britain’s greatest bands for over a decade. So why can’t we figure out what makes Ash’s Tim Wheeler special?

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Music

Notes from the Underground: An Interview with Viva Voce

[10.Sep.07] :. Husband and wife team duo Viva Voce aren’t the new White Stripes. No one in this family will be writing songs for Coca Cola any time soon.

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Music   Great Expectations: An Interview with Cansei De Ser Sexy

Music   Let’s Get Ready to Mumble: An Interview with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Music   The Free Radicals: An Interview with the Crimea

Music   Grand National: An Interview with the National

Music   The Essential Selection: An Interview with Beth Ditto

Music   Been Caught Healing: An Interview with Perry Farrell

Columns

Sticky Wickets

A Formula One Fairy Tale

[23.Apr.08] :. Gather round children, and I’ll tell a tale tragic yet true of the demise of the sport old timers once called Formula One.

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Sticky Wickets

Surviving Le Crunch

[17.Mar.08] :. On rugby rivalry, Anglo-French relations, and places in Paris that Englishmen should avoid.

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Sticky Wickets

A Little Personality Goes a Long Way

[28.Feb.08] :. If sport is the new entertainment, its stars need to astound, amuse and bemuse us. I’m not asking for the full Bobby Fischer, but an occasional bit of craziness would definitely be welcome.

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Sticky Wickets

The Flying Dartsmen

[23.Jan.08] :. “Steve Beaton -- The Adonis of darts, what poise, what elegance -- a true roman gladiator with plenty of hair wax.”

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Sticky Wickets

The Zen of Cheating

[4.Jan.08] :. While cheating is allegedly the bane of every sportsperson and sports fan’s existence, the only crime, from the cheater’s point of view, is being caught.

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Sticky Wickets   Transatlantic (American) Football

Sticky Wickets   What’s in a (Nick) Name?

Sticky Wickets   Three Strikes You’re Oot!

Sticky Wickets   A Cultural Preview of the 2007 Rugby World Cup

Sticky Wickets   Direct from the Speedy Streets of London

Sticky Wickets   The Fannish Inquisition

Sticky Wickets   Hearts of Lions

Sticky Wickets   A Look Back at the Decline of English Soccer. Spring, 2057

Sticky Wickets   Coming 'Out' to Play

Sticky Wickets   A Hopeful Immigrant's Letter, Intercepted

Sticky Wickets   Burning Ambitions

 
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