Larry Ryan: Maybe it's not cheating to just get the highlights

This generation’s veneration of live sport means it feels like cheating to steal your fix of drama via a nighttime highlights package.

England's Stuart Bingham in action during the World Snooker Championship 

Sadly, you are not dealing today with a man at peace. Your correspondent has not properly observed the annual pilgrimage, has not fully given himself up to the sacred rituals of Crucible fortnight.

We decided last year  that it is a gross betrayal of your own well-being not to take your holidays during this 17-day ‘marathon of the mind’.