You used to refer to a jar of Bovril as something you either love or you hate, the same can be said about the most famous beard in rugby.

Condensed essays on individual novels are too short for academics and too analytical for the public, but will appeal to students, says Val Nolan

One is a jockey who had never previously taken to serving just the one boss, the other a businessman whose hands-on approach included a shift loading luggage onto one of his English-bound planes earlier this week. It should have never worked, but it has and does.