The Recent Common-Wealth Games
Dear Reader, I am sure you will have noticed that the word Commonwealth in the title of this post is hyphenated. That's done for a reason, which I will come onto. Firstly, however, may I state, as one born and bred in Birmingham, how happy I am that these Games were so successful. Virtually all the stadia seemed to be packed out every day and it is clear that wherever the competitors came from - whether the Bahamas, India or Australia - Birmingham and the West Midlands' multi-cultural climes were totally embracing, and the folk here cheered every man and woman towards the fulfilment of their dreams. Even little Guernsey at long last had something to celebrate. Somehow, though, I felt it a bit naff that Michael Johnson (the former American athlete) was chosen as one of the BBC's expert action review panel while knowing nothing about Guernsey! Ah, well - now he knows. I learnt that Birmingham had won against Liverpool in a rescue bid to host these Games as Durban had to pull