The Latest Breaking News from John Small

How Lumpy Stevens and two pubs led to the creation of cricket’s middle stump

A Surrey club match in 1776 near the Thames was the scene for the first time cricket employed its holy trinity

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

3 ways to attract blue tits and keep these beautiful birds as regular visitors to your garden, according to wildlife experts

Make these birds feel like welcome guests in your garden

Ideal Home · May 5, 2025

Colm Boyle column: Banning the backpass to the goalkeeper may be the solution to mind-numbing football

Back in 2017, Dublin set fire to Tyrone’s defensive blanket, winning the All-Ireland semi-final by 12 points. The end of such negative tactics was hailed and, in the intervening years, there were promising signs that teams were throwing off the shac

Irish Mirror · Jun 10, 2023

John Small obituary

Other lives: Social worker who moved back to his native Jamaica to become a lecturer at the University of the West Indies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2022

Monster Sean O'Shea free sees Kerry down Dublin in All-Ireland semi-final

O’Shea held his nerve brilliantly to hit the winner into the breeze from some 50 metres with the game’s last kick

Irish Mirror · Jul 10, 2022

Lanarkshire PT to lead team of 12 at this year's Kiltwalk in memory of late dad who suffered stroke and heart attack

Jo Martin is raising money for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland to honour her father, John Small

Daily Record · Apr 12, 2022