This Could Be The Last Time, Apparently

George Szirtes is asking his readers to tell him which opening passages to pieces of music marked changed times for them – his e.gs include the opening chord of “Hard Days Night,” and my own reply would be another sixties moment, the drum sequence that opens the Rolling Stones collectivist anthem “Get Off Of My…

Brian Clough Part Five

Clough’s international “career” began in 1957, when he was picked to take part in a tour of Iron Curtain countries by England Under 23s. He started well, scoring against Bulgaria, but was dropped for the next game in favour of Derek Kevan, a centre-forward of the traditional kind. Jimmy Armfield was there to witness Clough’s…