Sweet Nothings

Beautiful Windy City panorama (wind not pictured) The 2016 edition of the Goulds’ annual Stateside trip saw a move away from the West and East coasts, instead taking in a chunk of the Midwest and some good ole Southern comforts. Masochists can read all about my 2011 visit to Chicago here , complete with tortuous title pun. My wife and I covered much of the same ground this year, the main difference being an increased, nay all-consuming, focus on food. Indeed, this entire holiday presents further evidence that we are now selecting destinations purely on the basis of treat availability, and in the sincere belief that calories consumed abroad will magically have no effect. Hence we enjoyed a  Ghirardelli hot fudge sundae and stocked up on bags of their absurdly moreish chocolate squares, abandoned our salads at the Michigan Avenue branch of the  Cheesecake Factory halfway through to ensure room for the mountainous slice of eponymous dessert, and made sure to sample s...

Wolves FC have recently announced a  new shirt sponsorship deal for next season with The Money Shop , a payday loan firm. This being 2016 and the internet being the internet, an online petition was swiftly set up and has amassed plenty of outraged signatories. The modern malaise of one-click activism is a topic for another day, but what I do find curious about this saga is the common refrain that Wolves should not be associating themselves with such ne'er-do-well companies because we are a 'family club'. This does rather beg the question of whether any football club wouldn't consider itself a Family Club in this day and age. Actually, the answer is probably Leeds United, who according to an employment tribunal were guilty of unfair dismissal and sex discrimination when they sacked the partner of former manager Neil Redfearn, and have an owner in Massimo Cellino whose titanic self-delusion appears to be matched only by his chronic sexism, if his alleged views...