Author: endardoo

A newspaper sub-editor for many years, I am now a freelance sub-editor, blogger and content writer. Husband of one and house daddy of two: a feisty and dramatic 16-year-old girl and a bright, resilient football nut of a boy aged 15 My website: endastories.com.

by endardoo Jun 18, 2020 38

Personal

The Dishwasher’s Goal That Cleaned Out Mighty England

When the USA shocked Brittania in the 1950 World Cup

by endardoo Jun 8, 2020 48

Personal

Nothing Is Black And White — Not Even Black And White

Interesting to see white liberal Gary Lineker taking on conservative Indian-English British Home Secretary Priti Patel

by endardoo Jun 2, 2020 45

Personal

Let’s Go The Social Distance

The good weather and bad-example are putting the lockdown — and us — in-danger

by endardoo May 25, 2020 38

Personal

25 Years Ago Today, The Irish Press Passed Away

Remembering when a newspaper institution closed — and I lost my job

by endardoo May 13, 2020 54

Family Life Personal

We’re Just Normal People Living In Abnormal Times

These strange lockdown times no longer feel strange. Maybe that’s the strangest thing of all

by endardoo Apr 30, 2020 32

Family Life Personal

Nine Ways To Fry, Ten Ways To Die …

Maybe I should have waited for the pandemic to be over to read Bill Bryson’s A Short History Of Nearly Everything

by endardoo Apr 8, 2020 31

Family Life Personal

Radio Daze

The Wireless Voices are coming at me, irradiating my precious thinking space …

by endardoo Mar 30, 2020 57

Family Life Personal

Oh, It’s Prine Time Again …

From magic to melancholy and back in these Covid times