Nutmeg Magazine Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 The great Scottish sports writer Hugh McIlvanney died in January 2019. Five years on from his death, we reproduce this appreciation by Michael Walker, who remembers a man respected by many in the game – and who wrote better sentences than anyone. https://bit.ly/3HwcPNL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozam76 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Nobody writes like that anymore, which is to our eternal shame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Journalism now consists solely of phrases like;- "Tributes flooded in for XXXX. Admirers took to Twitter/X to say......." Stealing a wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Terrific journalist. I used to enjoy his boxing writing in particular - recommend the anthology McIlvanney On Boxing. Edited January 27 by printer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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