The manager-turned-pundit thinks the likes of Christian Eriksen and Toby Alderweireld’s desire to leave the club is having an adverse effect on Spurs Jose Mourinho thinks that Tottenham’s inconsistent Premier League form is down to a lack of chemistry in the dressing room, with key players wanting to leave. In a run stretching back to…
Read moreTime for new thinking about mindfulness and social change
I was working for the climate change campaign 10:10 around the time that NGOs in the environmental field were abandoning the “information deficit hypothesis” – the idea that giving people enough facts about the worsening ecological crisis would elicit action. Reflecting on what had driven my own shift from a career in advertising to full-time…
Read moreThe power of 'us' can stop this coup
In cities and towns across the country we are demonstrating today "to defend our democracy!" This might seem a strange rallying cry when we have a House of Lords and a monarchy and winner-takes-all politics and no constitution we can call our own. Where is the democracy we are defending? It's a strange one. One…
Read moreThe G7 was a joke. Three degrees warming isn’t
The spirit of international cooperation is an advanced state of decay — and last week’s G7 Summit offered the latest illustration. President Trump — preening, bullish — dismissed the environmental crisis as a ‘dream,’ and dismissed any notion of joint action on climate in the process. The remaining ‘advanced economies’ of the G7 offered to…
Read moreMorning 9: Got your Tour card? Good luck keeping it! | What shooting even par gets you on the PGA Tour | Tiger at the U.S. Open
By Ben Alberstadt ([email protected]; @benalberstadt on Instagram) September 4, 2019 Good Wednesday morning, golf fans. 1. It’s hard out here AP report…”The new PGA Tour season starts Sept. 12 at the Greenbrier, with six domestic events and one at the Mexican resort of Mayakoba, all of them offering full FedEx Cup points and an invitation to…
Read moreThe Gear Dive: My favorite interview ever Nico Bollini: Part 2
In this episode of The Gear Dive brought to you by Titleist Golf, Johnny goes deep with his best friend Nico Bollini on basically everything. Golf, gear, girls, Hunter Mahan, and Bon Jovi. Check out the full podcast on SoundCloud below, or click here to listen on iTunes or here to listen on Spotify. Click Here: NRL league Jerseys…
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openDemocracy’s Tracking the Backlash investigative project is following the networks, strategies, finances and impacts of organised movements against women’s and LGBTIQ rights around the world. Our recent stories have revealed, for example, that a group of US Christian right organisations linked to the Trump administration have spent millions of dollars of ‘dark money’ promoting their…
Read moreThe 6 best #GolfWRX photos on Instagram today (9.5.19)
In this segment, we’ll be taking a look at some of the best #GolfWRX tagged photos on Instagram. In case you aren’t already, there’s a whole load of action going on at our page, so follow us: @golfwrx Let’s get to it then, here are six of the best #GolfWRX photos from the past 24 hours….
Read moreSinn Fein in line to receive further £1.1m from unknown mechanic
Sinn Fein is in line to receive another £1.1 million from the will of an unheard-of mechanic who emerged last week as Northern Ireland’s biggest political donor. William Edward Hampton, who was born in London and died last January, left almost all of his estate to Sinn Fein. He also left small amounts of money…
Read morePGA Reach and Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation to host inaugural Stephen Curry Charity Classic
PGA Reach is partnering with Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation to host the inaugural Stephen Curry Charity Classic presented by Workday on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. The event’s mission is to help children in the Bay Area and beyond with the support and opportunities needed to play the game of golf and…
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