Two phat ladies

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, midnight

\u201cApart from capitalism itself, is there any cultural and economic manifestation in the world today as ubiquitous, powerful and globalized as football?\u201d John Foot assesses two new studies of the game; just over ten years ago, Elizabeth Strout introduced readers to a frustrated maths teacher called Olive Kitteridge. The novelist speaks to Roz Dineen about bringing Olive back onto the scene; the famously over-the-top cookery show \u2018Two Fat Ladies\u2019 last graced our television screens twenty years ago. Anna Girling celebrates the legacy of this unlikely union

 

\u2018The Age of Football: The global game in the twenty-first century\u2019 by David Goldblatt

\u2018Ultra: The underworld of Italian football\u2019 by Tobias Jones

\u2018Olive, Again\u2019 by Elizabeth Strout



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