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George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.

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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Edgar Allan Poe

Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh

Born: December 29, 1965 (age 59)
Bio: Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh is an English-born Australian journalist who writes about sport and business. He was born in London, was raised in Geelong, and currently lives in Melbourne.
Known for:
  1. On Warne (2012)
  2. Stroke of Genius (2016)
  3. The big ship (2003)
  4. Game for Anything: Writings on Cricket (2004)

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