As you may have noticed, here at 7 Reasons we have a habit of belittling other people’s muppetry. The question, ‘Is Harry Potter Real?’, for instance, would have us stampeding towards our pencil cases. As indeed we did when we discovered...

Today it is my lady’s birthday. ‘My’ being me, Jon, and ‘lady’ being Claire. In the midst of discussing what she would like to do for her big day, I discovered that she’d really like to go to Bath Spar. My initial reaction was one of...

Whether you’re a cricketer, a despot, a politician or a git; size matters.  Here are 7 reasons why.1. Geoffrey Boycott.  If Geoff Boycott had used a bat this size, no bowler would ever have taken his wicket. Carrying the large bat would also have caused him...

It’s Russian Roulette Sunday again and once more the saga of advertising our website rears its head.  We currently have a trailer – rather catchily entitled 7 Reasons: The Trailer – under construction.  We promised it to you several weeks ago, and...

Joining us on the 7 Reasons sofa this week is a packet of biscuits. Unfortunately, a packet of biscuits is incapable of writing a 7 Reasons post. Even when they are ginger nuts. As a result, I – that’s me – have been dragged into the office on a...

   1.  Women.  Unusually for baseball films, the central character is a woman.  This shouldn’t be unusual – some of the most passionate and knowledgeable sport fans I know are women – but it is.  The use of a female narrator and the fact...

1.  You are a basketball scout. Where better to find abnormally tall people to play in your team?  They’re always at the cinema, usually in the seat immediately in front of you. 2.  Gauge your normality. When, during the scalping scenes in Inglourious Basterds,...