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Reverse Swept Radio 193: Livingstone's outburst, an unlikely world record, and cricket in culture
Reverse Swept Radio 193: Livingstone's outburst, an unlikely world record, and cricket in culture
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy surveys his cricket-themed birthday cards, and Toby wonders whether Livingstone's criticism of Bazball might let the genie out of the bottle
"It does make you wonder what they'd send if I wasn't a cricket fan."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'40): An Unusual World Record: Jimmy Sinclair scores the longest ever six
"His name sounds like a super hero, which is probably quite appropriate given what we're about to hear."
THE REVIEW (19'30): Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination (2024) by Brendan Cooper
"Wonderful to think of Keats at the age of 24 wandering about with a cricket injury."
Recorded 19 March 2026