Shakespeare and CPFC : Week 3
This week’s quote comes from one of Shakespeare’s best-known comedies, As You Like It. “I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.” Although Celia was referring to the Forest of Arden, surely she would also be thinking of Selhurst Park as a venue to enjoy the delights of watching Palace. Considering…
It Started With a Kick Episode 113 : Luis Miguel Echegaray
This week’s guest is the very first Peruvian on this pod so a warm welcome Luis Miguel Echegaray and although Luis has been a football writer, broadcaster and analyst for many years I first came across him during this summer’s World Cup when he appeared on 5Live’s Breakfast in America programme with another podcast guest…
Shakespeare & CPFC : Week 2
After the opening two Premier League matches and two defeats, Palace are pointless so immediately my mind turned to a quote from my favourite Shakespeare play, King Lear. ‘Nothing will come of nothing : speak again’ In the context of the Palace allegory, the fans are beseeching Pierre Sage to give them something at Craven…
Shakespeare and CPFC
“Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.” Cymbeline Act 5, Scene 4 There are very few scholars of English literature who have made connections between Shakespeare and Crystal Palace FC. Such a glaring omission is the literary equivalent of missing the most open of goals and it is one that I am going to address over…
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