Philobiblon

I think I’ve found it today on the cricket field. It was the first time I’ve played in a year, no practice, and I batted better than I have in years – so don’t play, don’t practice, then just go out there.

And I got to see probably the best legspin bowling I’ve ever seen, from the sharp end, and survived the experience, if only by an inelegant scramble of bat, pad and any other bit of the body that came in handy.

* The good – MPs suggest that the age of starting driving on the roads be lifted to 18:

Young male drivers are now the biggest killer of young women in the UK, according to the report from the transport select committee. They are also a danger to themselves: more than three times as many are killed as young female drivers, although they are more likely to pass the driving test.

* The bad – another leak from the quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant, which may have been built on a fault line!

* The informative – a story about a Portugese woman who fooled everyone by dressing as a man for two decades – amazing how easy this is in societies with rigid gender divides – shows you how much gender is performative.