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Guest Post: 7 Reasons Why The British Should Not Travel To Australia

Guest Post: 7 Reasons Why The British Should Not Travel To Australia

Joining us on the 7 Reasons sofa today is Alexandra Clement-Meehan: blogger, twitterer, Australian and maker of cheese.  When she isn’t looking after her collection of meat or poisoning herself with her own cooking, she can be found writing for this wonderful sports blog, or tweeting – thankfully under the shorter name @splex. 1.  Heat.  It’s definitely too hot here for any normal human being to exist, and I do accept that I...

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7 Reasons It’s Dangerous To Drive A Golf Buggy Up The M4

7 Reasons It’s Dangerous To Drive A Golf Buggy Up The M4

1.  It’s the M4. What sort of road is that to start on? Surely logic would dictate that you build up to it? B roads to A roads to motorways. And then you wouldn’t start on the M4 would you? It would go M1, M2, M3 then M4. Fail to prepare, prepare to get arrested. 2.  Breakdown Cover. The AA and the RAC don’t provide cover for golf buggies. Which means if you get stuck between junctions you have got to push the thing bloody...

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7 Reasons to go and Watch Invictus

7 Reasons to go and Watch Invictus

    1.  Morgan Freeman.  Usually the veteran actor gets typecast as God, but in Invictus he gets promoted and puts in a superb performance as Nelson Mandela.  His accent is a bit dodgy, but the same could be said of all South Africans.  Either that or they genuinely believe it’s called “Sowt Efrica”. 2.  Rugby.  There aren’t many decent films about rugby and the depiction of the game is pretty good in Invictus. ...

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Guest Post: 7 Reasons to Watch the Six Nations

Guest Post: 7 Reasons to Watch the Six Nations

If you get your news from 7 Reasons, you’ll be delighted to learn that the Six Nations starts today.  We have decided to celebrate this with a guest post. Our guest post comes from Rachel Simmonite, a 21 year old BA Hons Media and Communication (Journalism) student at Birmingham City University.  When she’s not busy gracing Twitter with her wit, wisdom, and frankly astonishing knowledge of club rugby, she can be found writing...

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