Lamenting the days when boxing was the sport of kings

THE nights are drawing in on us, you’ll notice, ahead of another winter, like the cinema lights dimming before a movie.

Having shuffled in from under another cloud-scarred sky of an evening, I enjoy kicking closed the door, sending the kettle towards its whistle-stop and snapping open a book like an umbrella.

Bob Dylan explained once that A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall was written during the dark days of the Cuban Missile Crisis and enjoyed a unique journey into existence.