Podcast appearances and mentions of Mihir Bose

The Three Old Hacks discuss immigration this week. Mihir Bose, former Sports editor for the BBC, came here as an immigrant from India in the 1960s, not long after Enoch Powell made his famous 'Rivers of Blood' speech. Keir Starmer has been accused of evoking a fear of 'otherness' by echoing Powell's words, when he said Britain risked becoming an 'island of strangers'. David Smith, Economics editor of the Sunday Times, said Brexit had led to a massive increase in immigration, and we were "starting to shoot ourselves in the foot" because immigrants from the EU tended to be young, making little claim on the state, and usually returning home after they had spent a few years here. They did not displace British workers, the British workforce grew at the same rate, whereas now that was no longer the case. Nigel Dudley, political analyst, said Starmer's use of Powellite phraseology would give comfort and encourage racists. On a lighter note, Nigel also made an appeal for cricket players, as his village cricket ground is working to revive the sport locally. He's looking for players for Lidgate & Ousden Cricket Club and encouraged anyone living within a 20-mile radius of Newmarket or Bury St Edmunds to get in touch via their website: https://lidgateousden.play-cricket.com/homeGet in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Mike Leigh is joined by Mihir Bose, Danny Fenton and Elena Nicola to preview this weeks final! Have a listen as you circumnavigate Europe to get to Bilbao for the kick off! Visit ⁠⁠www.betterhelp.com/SPURS⁠⁠ to get 10% off your first month – as heard on the podcast. ⁠⁠⁠⁠spursshow.net⁠⁠⁠⁠  @spursshow  Support us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠season.spursshow.net⁠⁠⁠⁠  Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh  A Playback Media Production- contact us here too for show sponsorship ⁠⁠⁠⁠playbackmedia.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠  Copyright 2025 Playback Media Ltd - ⁠⁠⁠⁠playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 The Three Old Hacks discuss the challenges facing Christian leadership. As the Papal Conclave works its way through multiple rounds of voting to select a new Pope and the Church of England chooses a new Archbishop of Canterbury, they caution against trying to make a fast buck by betting on either. On the papal contest, political analyst Nigel Dudley offers: "It's invariably an outsider." On the Church of England selection, "I think it could be a woman," says David Smith, Economics editor of the Sunday Times, "because, of the figures in the Church of England, the bishops and the Church of England in the UK, I think some of the most impressive figures are women," although he acknowledges this might not go down to well with the Church worldwide. The circle-squaring task of reconciling the values of the Church in England and the wider Church will be the biggest headache for whoever gets the job.As a historian of the Indian sub-continent, Mihir Bose is particularly concerned with the heightened tensions in Kashmir after the attacks that left 26 civilians dead last week. "India is threatening to cut the water sharing system they have with Pakistan, an agreement that goes back to the 50s, and Pakistan sees it as an act of war," he says, while Nigel suggests: "If Pakistan is finding itself isolated and in a corner, it may be more likely to threaten nuclear war than at any stage in the past."Turning to less depressing and apocalyptic matters, the Three Old Hacks go on to discuss the Observer newspaper's transition and future prospects and the significance for multicultural Britain of chicken tikka masala being served at the Oval.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

 As The Three Old Hacks gather for their latest episode, they dive into the state of UK politics and economic growth. David Smith offers a measured analysis of Britain's growth prospects, suggesting that while some improvement is expected, it may fall short of historical averages. Mihir Bose expresses concern about the rising cost of living and its impact on British dining culture, while Nigel Dudley defends his wine collection and shares insights on changing restaurant habits. The conversation weaves through Brexit's curious absence from political discourse, despite declining public support.The trio then tackles the worrying decline in faith in mainstream political parties, with David highlighting the troubling shift away from centrist politics. They share their perspectives on recent political developments in both the UK and US, with particular attention to the challenges facing the Tory party and Labour. The conversation takes on a sombre tone as they discuss how the political system is increasingly perceived as being run by elites, disconnected from ordinary voters.Former Sports editor of BBC News Mihir Bose, political analyst Nigel Dudley and Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith share their decades of experience in this engaging discussion of current affairs. Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The past week saw an extraordinary admission from a major media company. News Group Newspapers, owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, admitted that one of its papers- had been involved in incidents of unlawful activity. This related to its intrusion into the life of Prince Harry and took place over a period of 15 years from 1996. News Group also apologised to the Prince. It said it was private investigators rather than its journalists who were involved. The impact of this on journalists of long standing, working for media with strong reputations, will surely reinforce the mistrust that increasing numbers have in journalism. And yet with increasing numbers getting their news on social media sites- much of which is unchecked, and in some cases deliberately false, why are these platforms trusted more? Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Paul Tweed, a lawyer specialising in defamation and by former BBC journalist and editor Mihir Bose.

As the Three Old Hacks get ready to tuck into the turkey and mince pies they consider how we will rate 2024. Mihir Bose thinks this has been the worst of times with Trump back in the White House, right-wing parties gaining power in Europe and the flood of non-European migrants creating an existentialist crisis. David Smith disagrees with his old friend arguing that proportional representation means the right may not win power and Europe has in the past coped with migration from former colonies. Nigel Dudley, wearing his Hampshire cricket hat, thinks the Keir Starmer government should not be written off because of its bad start in the first innings. There is always a second innings and recalls how Mrs Thatcher turned things round in the second innings.The three discuss the crisis in the Church of England. They are unanimous in their condemnation of the Church but disagree on whether the Church should be disestablished. Nigel Dudley, a bon viveur of food, takes issue with Kemi Badenock's comment that she is not a fan of lunch breaks and sandwiches. David Smith recalls sitting next to the former Governor, Eddie George, at a lunch where the Governor did not eat explaining that this was because he was going to speak. Mihir Bose narrates how he recently spoke at a cricket lunch after enjoying an excellent roast lamb.  Former Sports editor of BBC News Mihir Bose, political analyst Nigel Dudley and Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith, aka the Three Old Hacks conclude their podcast with each of them making a choice of a song to bring us Christmas cheer.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

As the Prime Minister Keir Starmer tries to recover from the worst start by a new government in recent times, the Three Old Hacks discuss why the government needs a re-launch a mere six months after coming to office with a huge majority. “Does it mean” asks Mihir Bose that “Labour no longer has leaders with political nous”.  What happened to the party of Clement Attlee and Tony Blair?Nigel Dudley recalls how Tories under Thatcher in 1979 also had a rocky start and David Smith explains points about Rachel Reeves's CV and controversial budget that were missed by the media. With the sale of the Observer, the oldest Sunday paper, to the Tortoise group, they also discuss whether the unique British phenomenon of Daily and Sunday papers may be changing and we are moving to seven day papers. Former Sports editor of BBC News Mihir Bose discusses why the Keir Starmer government is showing such political ineptitude with political analyst Nigel Dudley and Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith, aka the Three Old Hacks.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

In the past week, BAFTA said the convicted criminal Huw Edwards will be allowed to keep the seven individual awards that he won in the 40 years he worked for the BBC, fronting some of the biggest news stories during that time.Edwards was given a six month suspended sentence this year after he admitted accessing and making indecent images of children as young as sevenWhile BAFTA have decided that he can keep them, but that from next year they will revoke prizes if a recipient is subsequently jailed for at least three months - suspended or otherwise - or have been proven to have cheated in their work.The narrow question this morning is should BAFTA have applied this rule retrospectively in the face of such a serious conviction for Edwards? Or if he was never viewed as a role model, should the work that he did be separated from the character of the man who did it? When is it legitimate to remove someone's honours?The wider question is whether in today's world, where we have seen distinguished art institutions refuse money from companies with image problems, to social media activists removing a platform from 'unfashionable' speakers, are we witnessing a new secular puritanism?Is this a new and welcome moral clarity or a narrow-minded and self-defeating intolerance of life's ambiguities and those not fully signed up to an approved point of view?Audrey Carville is joined by Professor of Sociology at Queen's University Gladys Ganiel, author and journalist Mihir Bose, and former Presbyterian Moderator the Reverend Norman Hamilton.

The Three Old Hacks consider what we might expect from a second Trump presidency."Will it mean a more isolationist America?" asks MIhir Bose. What will it mean for Ukraine?Has he made political discourse coarser, or are the off-colour remarks he makes no worse than the kind of thing President Lyndon B Johnson used to say?Should we ignore the rhetoric of Trump's speeches, as Piers Morgan suggests, and just look at what he does in the White House rather than what he says?Former Sports editor of BBC News Mihir Bose discusses the election of Donald Trump as US President for a second term with political analyst Nigel Dudley and Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith, aka the Three Old Hacks.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

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Tony Blair's anthem was Things Can Only Get Better. Keir Starmer's appears to be Things Can Only Get Worse says David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times in this week's Three Old Hacks podcast, following on from the Prime Minister's speech this week warning they will have to raise taxes to fill the black hole left by the last government, in order to be able to do any of the things they want to do. Former Sports editor of BBC News Mihir Bose, political analyst Nigel Dudley and Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith, aka the Three Old Hacks, discuss the week's news. Listen to their podcast on The Chiswick Calendar website or on any of the usual podcast platforms.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks, aka prolific author and former BBC Sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley give their analysis of Keir Starmer's first few days in Government.“The whole focus is on quiet competence, no flashiness.”Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks, aka prolific author and former BBC Sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley, can scarcely remember a more boring election campaign.“Boring, but important” says David Smith, as all three agree that Thursday's election will bring significant change to our country.Veterans of many campaigns as journalists – “Much more fun in the days without mobile phones” says Nigel, hear what they have to say on the Three Old Hacks podcast on The Chiswick Calendar website and all the usual podcast platforms.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Julian Assange became the centre of global attention after the organisation he founded, Wikileaks, released thousands of documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, along with diplomatic cables. His case was bound up in legal battles with the US government until this week, when it emerged that he had agreed a plea deal which would allow him to return to his native Australia.Is the Assange case a triumph or a blow for press freedom? What responsibilities do journalists have to the safety and security of nations and their peoples when they publish information about issues of national security? Does the case set a precedent for governments to increase their grip, their control of how journalists do their work? Audrey Carville was joined by former journalist and author Mihir Bose, the former head of the Royal Navy- Admiral Alan West, and Professor Deirdre Heenan of Ulster University.

The past week has seen things go from bad to worse for Rishi Sunak, being called out for lying in the debate against Keir Starmer on the claim that Labour would increase taxes by £2,000 per household, then being accused of a lack of respect for coming home early from the D-Day celebrations, for which he has apologised.He cancelled media interviews at the weekend as support for the Conservatives dipped even further in the polls, with a clear 22% gap between Labour and the Tories, and Reform picking up support after the announcement from Nigel Farage that he would after all be standing as its leader.Also this week we hear from pollsters Techne UK that Britain is heading for the lowest general election turnout in modern history, reflecting mass apathy, particularly amongst young people, fed by a general mistrust of politicians.David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times for over 30 years, records the Three Old Hacks podcast with fellow journalists Mihir Bose and Nigel Dudley, for The Chiswick Calendar. They have decades of experience and knowledge of election tactics, having been in the thick of reporting it all since the 1980s.  "What makes me quite ... angry about this is that Sunak knows completely it's wrong", says David. "He knows enough about the numbers to know this is not a way you should present any figures of this sort, and yet still says it and denies he's lying."  In this week's Three Old Hacks podcast,  David unpicks the figures and explains exactly why it was wrong for Sunak to have made the claim, and for Penny Mordaunt to have repeated it in the second TV debate. If you used the same misleading methodology on the Conservatives' claims, says David, you would cost their policies at £3,000 per household.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Mihir Bose, former BBC Sports News editor, talks to David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times, and political commentator Nigel Dudley about his memoir Thank you Mr Crombie - Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British.Mihir grew up in India, just after Independence, part of a wealthy family with a hierarchy of servants, where as a child he was treated like a little prince. Had he stayed there and taken over his father's business he might have made millions as the country developed. Instead he came to Britain to pursue his passion for journalism.He met David and Nigel not long after he settled in London, and having been subjected to the usual 1960s racism - violence from National Front skinheads, landladies refusing to rent him a room, he finally found his niche on the Financial Weekly and his tribe, journalists, who did not care about his colour, and they have remained good friends ever since.In this podcast they talk about how multicultural Britain has changed since those days, the impact of immigration, the legacy of Empire and Mihir's personal journey.Mihir's MemoirMihir is publishing his memoir. From growing up in India to making a name for himself as a journalist in Britain, he recounts how he is ever grateful to Mr Crombie, the official who gave him 'indefinite leave to remain'.Come and see Mihir talking about his memoir on Wednesday 29 May at George IV pub in Chiswick.Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-with-mihir-bose-author-of-thank-you-mr-crombie-tickets-866160929657Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

From World Cups to Olympics, the Daily Mail's Shekhar Bhatia and former BBC Sports Editor Mihir Bose have covered some of the biggest stories and events in sport and beyond. As they release their respective memoirs, I caught up with two of Fleet Street's finest to explore how to break through barriers, overcome prejudice and make your name in journalism.

The Three Old Hacks have long memories. Former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley have been covering the nation's major events for decades and are well placed to compare and contrast the pre-election antics of politicians.Harold Wilson smoked a pipe in public, in an attempt to appear a 'man of the people', but smoked cigars in private, recalls Nigel. There was that excruciating video of Ed Milliband attempting to eat a bacon sandwich in public, and the video with Tony Blair eating cereal with his kids in his kitchen which put the 'corn' in 'cornflakes. So a prime minister attempting to cosy up to the public by telling us how he loads the dishwasher and turn down the bed ("all a bit clumsy" - David) is nothing new to them.Other subjects on the agenda in this week's podcast are whether or not we can expect another Budget before the next election and how much the Government can expect to influence our votes with it, the absence of specific promises from Labour and the Princess of Wales - whether the papers were right to go big on the dodgy Mother's Day photograph in the light of what we now know, that she has cancer.Mihir's MemoirMihir is publishing his memoir. From growing up in India to making a name for himself as a journalist in Britain, he recounts how he is ever grateful to Mr Crombie, the official who gave him 'indefinite leave to remain'.Come and see Mihir talking about his memoir on Wednesday 29 May at George IV pub in Chiswick.Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-with-mihir-bose-author-of-thank-you-mr-crombie-tickets-866160929657Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The intrusions into the private lives of celebrities rehashed by the phone hacking case brought by Prince Harry against Mirror Group Newspapers represent a "dreadful low" in the history of British journalism, says Mihir Bose.The High Court ruled that Harry was a victim of phone hacking on multiple occasions, as were his friends. Former BBC Sports News editor Mihir discusses the "cheap and tawdry" tactics of their fellow hacks with Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley in this week's Three Old Hacks podcast.Thank you to Bill Kay for writing in and you can view his full letter here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bill-Kay-Letter-1.pdfGet in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Theo Delaney is joined by venerated author, journalist and broadcaster Mihir Bose whose work has adorned countless newspapers and periodicals as well as the world's airwaves notably as the BBC's first Sports Editor. His eagerly awaited memoir 'Thank You Mr CrombieLessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British' comes out in My 2024. A Tottenham fan, among his chosen scorers are Pele Beckenbauer and Gascoigne.https://www.mihirbose.comhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-links@mihirbose@LifeGoalsTD@theodelaney

The Culture and Media Secretary Lucy Frazer has intervened to scrutinise the sale of the Daily Telegraph to a company backed by the Abu Dhabi ruling family, over concerns around public interest.Would they interfere with the editorial in pursuance of their interests? It wouldn't be the first time a newspaper owner had tried it, with more or less success. The Three Old Hacks, aka Sunday Times Economics editor David Smith, political analyst Nigel Dudley and former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose,  compare notes on interfering owners with whom they have worked over their long careers. Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Our podcast with The Three Old Hacks, aka former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith, and political analyst Nigel Dudley, has been described as ‘the modern equivalent of Jerome K Jerome's book Three Men in a Boat‘ by broadcaster and journalist Lucy Beresford.Like George, Harris and Jerome they are old friends who consider themselves overworked and in need of a holiday (always). Like the River Thames, they have a tendency to meander. Theirs is not so much a travel guide as a commentary on the state of British journalism based on their experiences over the past 40 years, delivered with warmth and humour and that slight edge of competitiveness that journalists never lose.This week it is the rich hinterland of Nigel's knowledge which they rely on to discuss the situation in Israel, as he has spent many years reporting from the Middle East. They disagree on whether the BBC was right not to label Hamas as ‘terrorists' and lament the vogue for ‘showbiz personality' foreign reporting, while praising some of the outstanding reporting from those on the ground in Gaza.Listen to the podcast on all the usual podcast platforms or on The Chiswick Calendar website. https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-37-three-men-in-a-boat-navigating-british-journalism/Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

 Former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley continue setting the world to rights with their podcast Three Old Hacks. This week their subject is spies, and how the journalistic profession lends itself to approaches from foreign powers. Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Much has been written and said about the Nigel Farage ‘debanking' story. Thinking a client is a ‘disingenuous grifter' or a xenophobic racist is not supposed to be a good enough reason for a bank to deny someone an account.But what about the journalism involved in breaking the story? Was the BBC's Business Editor Simon Jack right to have broadcast a story based on the word of a very senior figure within the bank?Yes, the Three Old Hacks - aka former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley - are unanimous that he should have been able to trust the word of the chief executive Dame Alison Rose, and yes he should have published the story.The British public wouldn't know the half of what went on without such leaks to journalists. But how does a journalist know when they are being led up the garden path?The Three Old Hacks have broken many stories and all at some time or another followed that well-trodden path. Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks, aka Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith, former Sports News editor at the BBC and author of many books about sport, Mihir Bose, and political commentator Nigel Dudley, have been chewing over the week's news - in particular the cricket, and whether or not the Australians have behaved abominably.Warming to their theme, they discuss gamesmanship, colonialism, the Just Stop Oil protests and the efficacy of protests at international sporting fixtures in general, recalling disrupted matches now lost in the mists of time. (And yes, irritating though they may have been, they were quite successful). Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

What is truth? Does it differ from facts? Can each person have their own set of truths? Audrey Carville is in conversation with philosophy lecturer Dr Rebecca Bamford, FactCheckNI managing director Dr Orna Young, and author and journalist Mihir Bose.

From Gwyneth Paltrow to the protests in France and Israel and the perennial subjects of Boris Johnson's career and the state of the economy, the Three Old Hacks, aka former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley, discuss the week's news.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

We hear from former BBC Sports Editor and cricket commentator Mihir Bose

We hear from former BBC Sports Editor and cricket commentator Mihir Bose

Mihir Bose – former BBC Sports Editor, David Smith – Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and political commentator Nigel Dudley discuss the hot topic- Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairsThey thought he should jump, and apologise for embarrassing the Prime Minister, but as it turned out he was pushed, a couple of days after they recorded the podcast.They talk about the way he tried to turn the story around, attacking the media for concerning themselves with his ‘private; affairs, and whether it makes a difference that our top politicians at the moment are so rich.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Lucy talks to writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose about the overlap of sports and politics, the power of sport to create a non-racial world, and whether Nadhim Zahawi would kick a ball better than Ronaldo.

“No nation in Europe is more haughty and disdainful, nor more conceited in an opinion of its superior excellence.”This quote from a French Viscount about Britain some 400 years ago reminds us nothing much has changed, says political analyst Nigel Dudley.He's been reading “a wonderful book about the Stuarts”, Devil-Land by Dr Clare Jackson.In the first podcast of 2023 Nigel and his two old mates, sports journalist Mihir Bose and Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith discuss the Christmas books they were given and are now reading, the state of the nation and whether they should have a flutter on the next election.The English are inclined to “adore all their own opinions and despise those of every other nation” and had “contracted all the instability of the element by which they are surrounded, namely water.”The podcast seems the perfect medium.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

A football World Cup and a Budget, what better subjects could Mihir Bose, former sports news editor at the BBC, Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith and political analyst Nigel Dudley wish for, to talk about?Let's just say, in a pub quiz if either of those subjects came up, you would want these guys on your team.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith was with fellow ‘old hacks' Mihir Bose, former sports news editor at the BBC, and political analyst Nigel Dudley recording their podcast for The Chiswick Calendar when the news broke on Friday that Kwasi Kwarteng had been jettisoned.New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has already unpicked the growth strategy which David described as “a gamble that had failed spectacularly.“It was obvious to me it would go wrong” he said.“The lesson is to listen to your institutions – the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility.”Mihir asked him how key economic advisers had felt about being sidelined.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Sports Gazette's very own Caleb Mutombwa sits down with British Indian sportswriter and journalist Mihir Bose for the first episode of our new series, Icons Corner. They discuss Bose's new book, Sporting Colours: Sports and Politics in South Africa. Visit the Sports Gazette website for more: www.sportsgazette.co.uk We're also on social media! Search and follow @sportsgazette to keep up with our latest work.

The Three Old Hacks, who regularly review the week's news for us, recorded a podcast on Thursday morning, before the Queen's death was announced."Spare us from this false positivism", says Nigel Dudley, commenting on Liz Truss's keynote speech after she was elected Leader of the Conservative Party and our new Prime Minister."She sounded like a midwife on speed" he said.Political commentator Nigel Dudley joins Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith and former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose to discuss Trussonomics and whether she should be Trussssted.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

In their previous podcast Mihir Bose said he thought Boris Johnson would lead the Conservative Party into the next election and not only that, but he would win it.David and Nigel remind him of that as this week they discuss whether it will be Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak who will replace him.Former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley discuss the week's news.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Mihir Bose is a British-Indian journalist who has written about sport, business and social and historical issues for the ‘Financial Times', the ‘Evening Standard' and many others. He speaks to Georgina Godwin about his latest book, ‘Dreaming the Impossible: the Battle to Create a Non-Racial Sports World'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mihir Bose is a British-Indian journalist who has written about sport, business and social and historical issues for the ‘Financial Times', the ‘Evening Standard' and many others. He speaks to Georgina Godwin about his latest book, ‘Dreaming the Impossible: the Battle to Create a Non-Racial Sports World'.

Mihir Bose thinks he will and not only that, he will lead the Conservative party to win it. David and Nigel disagree. What will be the deciding factor? It's the economy, stupid. Former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley discuss the week's news.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Guests include Lichfield Conservative MP Michael Fabricant, national secretary of the GMB union Andy Prendergast, Blaenau Gwent Labour MP and member of the Public Accounts Committee Nick Smith, Swansea University vice chancellor and policy lead for research and innovation on the Universities UK board, Professor Paul Boyle, historian, Victorianist and lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University Dr Lucinda Matthews-Jones, writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose and former international footballer and Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales Laura McAllister, researcher and writer Lila Haines, and founder of a culture group with offices in Wales and Latin America, Glynn Pegler

The Three Old Hacks discuss Partygate, racism in sport and the cost of living crisis."We've never had a situation in the UK where job vacancies are greater than the number of unemployed" says David Smith. "Inflation is the highest it has been since the 1980s."Listen to former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley discussing Putin's war and their memories of the Falklands war, 40 years ago.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The former Sports News Editor of the BBC, Mihir Bose, has written with great authority about British and international sport for nearly fifty years. His latest book, Dreaming The Impossible, tracks the slow journey towards a non-racial sports world. It draws on dozens of interviews with leading sportspeople, coaches, managers, administrators, business leaders and campaigners for change. He outlines its vital messages as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.Read the full description here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-90-non-racial-sport-its-slow-journey-with-english-cricket-in-the-rear/Get in contact by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com

The Three Old Hacks discuss the world's response to Putin's war. UK journalists give the impression the whole world was pro-Ukraine, but that is not the case, says Mihir Bose.Listen to former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley discussing the week's news with the jaundiced eye of those who have been doing it for forty years.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks discuss the war in Ukraine, President Zelensky's moving speech to the British parliament and Britain's “mean-spirited” approach to refugees.Listen to former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley on the events of the past week.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks are back, raising a glass to celebrate the work done by journalistic colleagues in unveiling the various parties that took place at Downing St during lockdown. Sky TV, the Mirror and the Daily Telegraph all come in for special mentions, as does Liz Truss, but she gets a special mention for rather a different reason: as the Foreign Secretary who didn't know Rostov was in Russia.The Three Old Hacks, not so much setting the world to rights as lamenting Britain's ignominious position in it.Listen to former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley on the events of the past week.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

In 2022, India is holding a series of events to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of the independence campaigner, Subhas Chandra Bose. Unlike Mahatama Ghandi, Bose believed violence against the British Empire could be justified, and during World War Two he supported an alliance with Nazi Germany and Japan. Claire Bowes speaks to Bose's great-niece, Madhuri Bose, about why many think he could have changed the course of India's history. She also hears from Mihir Bose, author of Raj, Secrets, Revolution: A Life of Subhas Chandra Bose. PHOTO: Subhas Chandra Bose giving a speech in Nazi Germany in 1942.

The Three Old Hacks discuss this week whether or not the prime minister has lost it. He appears to be “teetering on the edge of appearing out of control” they think. It's hard to bluster your way through a speech when someone else has written it for you and you clearly haven't read it, especially as you're just got to the “and here's what we're going to do about it” bit.There's a distinct sound of knives being sharpened in the Tory party. “The moment he's not a winner, he's a goner” they say.Listen to former BBC News sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley on the events of the past week.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Guests include Professor Richard Wyn Jones, former BBC Sports Editor and the author of 'The Nine Waves - The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket' Mihir Bose, Labour MP for Cardiff West and a member of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Kevin Brennan, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Research Fellow and Manager of the Ukraine Forum at the Chatham House think tank Orysia Lutsevych, freelance trainer working with teenagers in south Wales Clare Critchley, and Welsh Conservative Senedd Member for Brecon & Radnorshire James Evans MS.

Writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley, aka The Three Old Hacks, discuss the week's events, including reactions to the fatal attack on Sir David Amess at his constituency Surgery.Should MPs get more protection and does this change the nature of their relationship with the public?Newcastle United and their new Saudi owners come up for discussion, with Mihir taking the line that foreign ownership should not be allowed.And they discuss the public's low opinion of the media.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

After a first-class career as a pace bowler for Hampshire, John Holder became one of England's finest umpires. He was a popular expert on Test Match Special and the regular Observer newspaper feature “You Are The Umpire.” On the first-class list from 1983 to 2009 , he joined the Test panel in 1988 and after only a handful of matches was chosen to be one of the first “third-country” Test umpires for a dramatic series between Pakistan and India. But his Test career was interrupted without explanation for ten years after his report on a controversial home Test match. As the latest guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their cricket-themed podcast he explains why, years after retirement, he brought a legal action against the England and Wales Cricket Board not only for himself but also to ventilate racial discrimination issues in English cricket.  In Peter's absence in Pakistan, author and broadcaster Mihir Bose takes over at the Pavilion End.Read the full description here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-67-a-great-umpire-raises-his-finger-against-discrimination-in-cricket/Get in contact by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com

Writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley, aka The Three Old Hacks, discuss Afghanistan in their podcast this week.“The great opinion makers and intellectuals have once again failed us” says Mihir.“When the West intervened in Afghanistan two decades ago they were all for it and made no critical examination whatsoever.“Now, apart from blaming Joe Biden… they have not really examined why the West has failed…”“The West has squandered billions propping up corrupt Afghan politicians who can then build villas in the Middle East… The US diplomatic cables which have emerged from Afghanistan show how corrupt the regime was”.“The fact is we have not done a regime change, we have not built anything there”.The whole sorry adventure was, he says, just “a rehash of imperialism”.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks are old enough to remember the 1964 Olympics, the last time Tokyo hosted the Games. There were fewer events and so the people who won medals stayed in the memory longer, like long jumper Lynn Davies, whose local council paid tribute to him in a way which was to become more irritating than celebratory.Writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley have known each other since they first started in journalism and have much to compare and contrast. They all agree that the BBC's coverage of this year's Games has become nationalistic in a way it never has been before and they regret the the narrow focus on sports in which British competitors are likely to win medals at the expense of ‘proper' coverage of the whole event.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

For today's Top Ten Tottenham, Mike Leigh chats to journalist and author Mihir Bose. Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow  spursshow.net  @spursshow  Support us at season.spursshow.net  Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh  Engineered by Leon Gorman  A Playback Media Production  playbackmedia.co.uk  Copyright 2021 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright  Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mihir Bose, David Smith and Nigel Dudley – aka the Three Old Hacks – are old enough to remember 1966 and all that. It comes as no surprise to them therefore that politicians should be falling over themselves to haul themselves aboard the football bandwagon. Football and politics, bread and circuses…Writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley add their particular brand of wit and wisdom to the debate.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

For today's Top Ten Tottenham, Mike Leigh chats to journalist and author Mihir Bose. Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow spursshow.net @spursshow Support us at season.spursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2021 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright

Mihir Bose, writer and broadcaster, writes primarily on sport. In the seventies he was always the only non-white reporter in the press box and often the only non-white spectator in the whole football ground, so he is well placed to comment on the current controversy over the booing of football players who take the knee at the beginning of matches in support of Black Lives Matter.He shares with old friends David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and political commentator Nigel Dudley, how he was abused by football hooligans on a train and decided he would drive everywhere for his own safety.The Three Old Hacks discuss taking the knee and whether it's now becoming an empty gesture, and the disastrous launch of GB News in this week's Three Old Hacks podcast.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Incompetence and chaos at the heart of government is the theme of this week's podcast from the Three Old Hacks.Dominic Cummings' seven hour session in front of a parliamentary committee, pouring bile on the heads of both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock, has given them plenty to talk about.The Three Old Hacks, aka  writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley have worked with both politicians in their long careers as journalists, and for them the Cummings testimony has the distinct ring of truth.Meanwhile Nigel's dog Alfie is getting jealous of all the attention Britain's first dog Dilyn has been attracting.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Mihir Bose, former BBC Sports News Editor, sets the world to rights with journalist mates David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times, and political commentator Nigel Dudley.The cost of decorating Boris Johnson's Downing St flat and who is paying for it is exercising them this week (£200,000 and it looks ‘like an Ottoman brothel' according to one wag).Maybe people aren't bothered about who paid for it, but will Carrie Symonds' comment that she couldn't live with Theresa May's “John Lewis nightmare” lose them the votes of Middle England?Also the scandal of the sub post office managers whose lives have been ruined by the disastrous failure of a computer system. After some have served time in prison and others have been vilified in their communities, for financial losses that were not their fault, the Three Old Hacks demand to know who is responsible.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

The Three Old Hacks discuss the one day wonder that was The Super League. It took from Sunday night till Tuesday morning for six top English football clubs to announce their membership and then withdraw, leaving the plan in tatters in the face of opposition from the British Government.Mihir Bose, former BBC sports news editor at the BBC, David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and Nigel Dudley, political commentator, examine the debacle, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new found interest in the game, in the middle of a local and regional election campaign, and decry the state of affairs where the dominance of global TV interests means the fans who actually turn up to the matches no longer matter.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

This week the Three Old Hacks discuss a year of the pandemic and how it is that the Government is still popular in the polls.They talk about the fall out from the Meghan and Harry interview; sexual abuse in boarding schools and flags on government buildings – “ridiculous, insecure and pathetic”.Join former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley for this week's podcast.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

With journalist mates, Economics editor of the Sunday Times, David Smith, and political commentator Nigel Dudley, Mihir Bose looks this week at how vaccination certificates might change our lives.Coming from India, where the bureaucracy is legend, he wonders whether we are signing up for identity papers by the back door.The Three Old Hacks look at the thorny issue of politicians doing favours for friends and whether the big social media companies will have to pay for news content, following the Australian government's ruling that Facebook must pay.Then they talk about cricket and the ill fated test match. Somehow, it always comes back to cricket.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

A dramatic first Test match at the giant new Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad is the cue for an insightful assessment of the Prime Minister's impact on Indian cricket by Mihir Bose, in his second innings as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on their regular cricket-themed podcast. The former Sports Editor of the BBC is the author of over thirty books, including Nine Waves, a comprehensive history of Indian cricket and, most recently Narendra Modi The Yogi Of Populism. He has led three cricket tours of India, which have included frequent encounters with former Indian Test players on Indian Test match grounds.In Peter's absence, to complete a book of international importance, Roger Alton is the replacement opening bowler.Read the full description here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-44-the-modification-of-indian-cricket-expertly-assessed/The literary event of the year is imminent: the publication of Wisden Cricketers Almanack.  Peter and Richard invite listeners to submit their nominations for the Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year to obornehellercricket@outlook.com. They will present the results in advance of Wisden's.

Political leadership ain't what it used to be. That's the theme of this week's Three Old Hacks,We all think the summers were warmer (demonstrably not!) and life was rosier when we were young, but the Three Old Hacks put forward a pretty strong case that politicians in Britain are not of the same calibre as those who have gone before them.Boris Johnson says we are facing the biggest challenge since the Second World War with the pandemic, but where is the Recovery Plan to get us out of the hole it has dumped us in? Where's the Beveridge report and the Bretton Woods of the 2020s?Sports journalist Mihir Bose, Economics editor of the Sunday Times David Smith and political commentator Nigel Dudley also miss the characters of their early days learning their craft together as professional journalists.Remember George Brown, who served as Foreign Secretary in the Labour Government of the 1960s? And the exchange with the Bishop of Lima? ‘No I won't dance with you. This is not a waltz but the Peruvian national anthem and you sir are drunk!' or words to that effect.Listen to this week's podcast from the Three Old Hacks.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Mihir Bose describes having coffee with Nelson Mandela in his Soweto house, how the great man had to see cricket sitting behind a cage during apartheid and what real loss of freedom means. Far removed from the ridiculous talk of Britain having been enslaved by the EU. He argues the problem is that this country has never got over losing the empire and asks David Smith and Nigel Dudley whether they would have wanted Britain still to have an empire on which the sun never set.  Both Dudley and Smith say they feel no nostalgia for the empire. Dudley says he finds talk  by Brexiters of preserving British sovereignty nonsensical. Smith recalls being brought up on films where Kenneth Moore  singlehandedly destroyed the Nazis and why the story of Britain in Europe, such as what the EU did to preserve peace in Europe when communism collapsed,  was never properly told. One reason for this was Boris Johnson spinning  fantasy talks about  Europe when working as a journalist in Brussels and the three Old Hacks recall their own personal stories of Boris the journalist. The Three Old Hacks then walk down memory lane to talk about the days before computers when they could dictate copy to copy takers and how this lost world of journalism was not always as glorious as sometimes portrayed.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

A group of economists have taken issue with the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg's attempt to explain the national budget deficit. She likened the country's current financial state to that of a domestic household being in debt, which they say is not a good or helpful comparison. Instead of dropping her a quiet email, they've complained formally to the BBC's Director General, thus ensuring that the row goes ballistic as it is whipped up by the BBC's competitors in the press.Nigel Dudley, political commentator and long term leader writer for several national papers, says it is “grotesquely malign” of them to do so, in fact “totally despicable”.David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times, agrees that the analogy is not a good one, but he agrees with Nigel that the economists, who are all centre-left and believe the current level of budget deficit does not warrant a return to austerity measures, are using the BBC as a whipping boy to get their own agenda on the front pages.Nigel and David Smith discuss this with Mihir Bose, former BBC Sports Editor. They also talk about the growing clamour by Scots for independence and how they define themselves (British? English? European?) Somewhere along the way they get on to Peter Sellers and whether the Welsh are responsible for the Indian accent.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

In their third podcast Mihir Bose, David Smith and Nigel Dudley discuss  American Presidential elections, the problems with scoops and how social media has changed the way journalists have to deal with abuse. Maybe they say the American Presidential elections prove that the old country can still teach their cousins  across the pond how to conduct elections properly without the loser shouting it is a fraud, editors can sometimes be very reluctant to publish scoops and the rise of social media has meant old green ink letters of abuse have been replaced with the more menacing online threats made worse by being anonymous.   Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

In their first episode Mihir Bose, David Smith and Nigel Dudley discuss how journalism has changed since they first became journalists in the 1980s and how the experience of the pandemic has affected all our lives. Will the British ever go back to hugging or are we done with it after months of not touching? Have the British lost their fabled sense of humour by not coming up with a nickname for the pandemic? Are we less equipped to deal with hardship than previous generations?Join this podcast for the wit and wisdom of ‘three old hacks'.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we'd love to hear from you!

Mike Leigh, Marcus Buckland, Mihir Bose and Abbi Summers discuss the opening game of the season this weekend v Everton as well as discussing whether this group of players can win a trophy... Use the code ‘spurs20' to get 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow  spursshow.net  @spursshow  Support us at season.spursshow.net  Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh  Engineered by Leon Gorman  A Playback Media Production  playbackmedia.co.uk  Copyright 2020 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright  Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mihir Bose, author of over 30 books and the BBC's first sports news editor, has analysed and reported global sport incisively for nearly 50 years. He has followed Indian cricket since his school days and in The Nine Waves he writes with special authority about the history of the game in India, tracing its journey from colonial dependency to superpower.Peter Oborne and Richard Heller, journalists and cricket fanatics who have toured south Asia with Mihir as their captain, talk to him about The Nine Waves – The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket.Since the beginning of the lockdown in 2020, when the playing of cricket was cancelled along with everything else because of the coronavirus pandemic, they have been recording a weekly podcast for the ‘cricket deprived'. When play resumed they saw no reason to stop.

Mike Leigh, Marcus Buckland, Mihir Bose and Abbi Summers discuss the opening game of the season this weekend v Everton as well as discussing whether this group of players can win a trophy... Use the code ‘spurs20’ to get 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow spursshow.net @spursshow Support us at season.spursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2020 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright

Mihir Bose, author of over 30 books and the BBC's first sports news editor has analysed and reported global sport incisively for nearly 50 years.  He has written with special authority about Indian cricket, tracing its journey from colonial dependency to superpower in his book Nine Waves. He is the guest of Peter Oborne and  Richard Heller  in their  latest cricket-themed podcast. He explains how the Board of Control for India (BCCI) acquired its dominance over world cricket through its commercial revenues and as gatekeeper for tours by India (which for England are now more profitable than Ashes tours by Australia). In consequence, cricket has effectively become the first world sport controlled by non-white people. However, he sees the BCCI as more focused on local rivalries and Indian political agendas than on its new responsibilities to global cricket. After scandals which provoked judicial intervention, the BCCI has a high-profile new chairman, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly: Mihir Bose assesses his chances of achieving reform.He sees no hope of overcoming the political obstacles set by the Modi government against restoring bilateral series between India and Pakistan, despite the warm relations between players and past officials on both sides.He explains how the IPL has transformed the finances of Indian cricket and the location of power within it.There was nothing inevitable about the rise of cricket as India's major sport: soccer could easily have become more popular. Mihir Bose tells the fascinating story of how Nehru saved Indian cricket from international extinction – at just the time when India's footballers ruled themselves out of the 1950 World Cup by insisting on playing in bare feet. Looking further back, he traces the support Indian cricket received from its religious communities (who played tournaments in great harmony in times of great political tensions) and from generally minor princes who used cricket to bolster their claims  to their thrones. The prime example was Ranjitsinhji. The first Indian global celebrity cricketer, he saw himself as totally English and did nothing for Indian cricket: Mihir Bose speculates that this was partly due to his secret love life.Initially a victim of Indian cultural snobbery about sport in general (shared by Gandhi), cricket is now a rich subject for modern Indian novelists such as Vikram Seth and has had a long relationship with its film makers. Mihir Bose tells how a great Indian movie star actually forced an Indian captain to declare so that he could watch a few overs of Australia batting.Mihir Bose met a young Sunil Gavaskar at school – but denies that he taught him his perfect defensive technique. However, he has mentored many other players especially as a touring captain in India. He relates the Incident outside the Chepauk Stadium in what was then still called Madras which was even more horrific  than the run-out of Jeffrey Archer.Apart from Indian cricket, Mihir Bose has  done groundbreaking work on issues of race and discrimination in world  sport. He describes how he will be returning to this theme in a new book Impossible Dream. Although many non-white sportspeople have lately opened  up on their past experience of racism, Mihir Bose sees real encouragement in the sporting lives and status of present stars such as Raheem Stirleng and Moeen Ali (whom he assisted with his recent autobiography.) 

Mihir Bose has been a reporter based in London for nearly five decades. He has worked for newspapers and television. He has written more than two dozen books on an extraordinary range of subjects - cricket, football, history, biography and business. Apart from Indian cricket, Bose has written about Keith Miller, Moeen Ali, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bollywood, Manchester United, Terry Venables, the Aga Khans, the Memon community, the City of London and the boom and bust of the 1980s, the Premier League, and his beloved Tottenham Hotspur among others. His most recent book The Nine Waves presents the story of Indian cricket as a story in Nine Waves from India's international debut in 1933, to Virat Kohli's World Number 1 team of 2019. In today's podcast we talk about the question of four day Tests. In many ways it is not a new question. Mihir Bose helps place the question within the business and culture of contemporary sport and life. This episode was recorded on January 11, 2020. Links: The Nine Waves, Mihir Bose, Aleph Book Company, 2019. (Amazon) Will it help Test cricket if games are reduced to four days?, Kartikeya Date, thREAD, The Hindu, November 1, 2017 Mihir Bose's website: --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cricketingview/message

For episode five of the Insight Guides Podcast, writer and broadcaster Mihir Bose brings us the story of how one sport changed India's position in world politics... The Insight Guides Podcast is hosted by Zara Sekhavati (@ZaraSekhavati) and produced by Jessie Lawson of Reduced Listening (reducedlistening.co.uk), featuring sound design from Louis Grace.

Mihir Bose arrived in the UK in 1969 with the equivalent of more than £12,500 smuggled in his underwear. Enoch Powell had delivered his infamous 'Rivers of Blood' speech only a year before. This set a precedent for Mihir's earliest impressions of Britain's attitude towards immigrants, and would later culminate in several life-threatening moments as a jobbing sport journalist. These and other memories are retold in Mihir's latest book Lion and Lamb, a slim volume documenting his most stark encounters with Britain's split personality: the 'king of the jungle' with claws and teeth bared towards all who dare enter its path, and the softer countenance of the lamb with which the country has built a legacy of decency and fairness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

. In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country. Gabriel Gatehouse offers a personal reflection on the strong feelings of antipathy recently directed at the BBC - and him - by supporters of Tommy Robinson - for many years associated with the far-right organisation, the English Defence League - and what this says about the changing media landscape. Martin Gurdon introduces us to Slasher, the star of his flock of chickens, and explains how her quirks and distinctive character reveal much about the dramas witnessed by Britain's army of amateur hen keepers. Rebecca Ford in the Potteries celebrates the founder of modern circus and reveals how locals there are planning to use his legacy to promote the area as a centre of excellence for this ever-evolving form of entertainment. In the wake of the tense summer Test series between England and India, Mihir Bose regrets the way both teams - and their supporters - behaved and wonders if cricket can retain its status as a 'special' team sport. And Travis Elborough, long puzzled by a road notice in his native Worthing, finally unravels the mystery and finds it's a sign of the times. Producer Simon Coates

We hear from Simon Oldfield, Jessy Jetpacks and Ben Okri about a new story collection, ‘A Short Affair’. Plus: we meet artist Rachel Pimm, in anticipation of a performance of her new work at the now-defunct Bell Foundry in London’s Whitechapel. All that and a look back at the World Cup, as well as a look forward to the final, with author and sports journalist Mihir Bose.

On todays show host Barry Castagnola is joined by guests Mihir Bose and Raymond Simonson to discuss the fantastic run of form and look ahead to the game against City next weekend.For your chance to win in our art of football giveaway tweet your answers to @spursshow!Sign up to a new kind of fantasy football at fanduel.co.uk with our promo code SPURSSHOW, FanDuel will refund your entry fee up to £10 if you lose!@spursshowspursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike LeighEngineered by Oli Slack A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays show host Barry Castagnola is joined by guests Mihir Bose and Raymond Simonson to discuss the fantastic run of form and look ahead to the game against City next weekend. For your chance to win in our art of football giveaway tweet your answers to @spursshow! Sign up to a new kind of fantasy football at fanduel.co.uk with our promo code SPURSSHOW, FanDuel will refund your entry fee up to £10 if you lose! @spursshow spursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Oli Slack A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

Tim Willcox, BBC News Presenter, and Mihir Bose, columnist at the Evening Standard, join Paul Blanchard for a New Year special. This episode: how will BBC Charter renewal discussions pan out this year? What sides will the media take in the EU Referendum? And what will be the big media stories in 2016?

In our inaugural episode we discuss who we are and why we love Hindi cinema, aka. Bollywood. As well as dispelling some common misconceptions about Bollywood, we reveal some good picks for films to watch if you’re new to Bollywood and where to find them.  Show notes:  Erin lists her credentials  Matt failed to major in Bollywood in University  Shout out to The Pulp (where we first publicly exposed our respective interest in Bollywood)  First mention of Shah Rukh Khan  Mother India and Lootera Bollywood’s global popularity Dhoom 3, India’s The Fast and The Furious The open secret that is Hindi cinema   Misconceptions dispelled:  Bollywood ≠ Indian Cinema How many movies come out of Bollywood every year? Medium, not genre All Hindi films are not musicals Not every movie is three hours long The importance of marketable songs and a shout out to Will Smith Surprising Michael Bay analogy  INTERVAL (“Gallan Goodiyaan” from Dil Dhadakne Do, note: the dance for this song is done in one 5 minute take) Our picks for the best Hindi films for newcomers Using iTunes and other legal ways to watch your Hindi films So much drama Is there anything Farhan Akhtar can’t do? Matt lays down a fancy film studies term: “diegetic” Erin discusses feminism (take a drink?) Political controversies Canadians should launch a smear campaign against Argo Shirtless dudes, part one of an ongoing series at BIFL  Reading list:  Tejaswini Ganti’s Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema  Kush Varia’s Bollywood: Gods, Glamour, and Gossip  Mihir Bose’s Bollywood: A History  Thanks to all our friends who encouraged us to do this!  NEXT WEEK: The biggest and brightest stars in the Bollywood galaxy!  Find us on iTunes!  Follow us on Twitter!

Mike Leigh is joined by Mihir Bose, Nathan Kosky and Theo Delaney, discussing the clubs recent trials and tribulations and looking eagerly into the future with their newest additions. spursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

Mike Leigh is joined by Mihir Bose, Nathan Kosky and Theo Delaney, discussing the clubs recent trials and tribulations and looking eagerly into the future with their newest additions. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Brook and Mihir Bose are back with a new edition of The Cricket Crowd - the new world cricket podcast for a new cricket world. Our guests this week are Graham Hardcastle from the Manchester Evening News, to reflect on Yorkshire's success in the County Championship, as well as Barry Wilkinson on the line from Barbados to discuss the revival of West Indies cricket. Furthermore, you can hear us introducing you to a brand new Superfan! Produced by David Brook Executive Producers - Mike Leigh and Paul Myers http://thecricketcrowd.com