Tristan Cross
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“This is about as fertile ground as it's possible to get for a fascist”: James O’Brien on Britain in 2018
The Brexiteer-battling radio host on positive patriotism, the far right and what we should do next
By Tristan Cross Published
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How to make a billion-pound football video game
Inside the FIFA, Pro Evolution Soccer and Football Manager triopoly
By Tristan Cross Published
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Was 'The Inbetweeners' ever truly acceptable?
Weeks after one of its star complained people would find the show too offensive today an anniversary reunion has been announced - but do we really want it?
By Tristan Cross Published
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Fireballs and exploding oceans: What happens if it keeps getting hotter?
A stomach-churning exploration of what will occur if we don't stop our planet's temperature from rising
By Tristan Cross Published
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Predicting who will win 'The Apprentice' based on the candidates’ social media
We scoured the hopefuls' LinkedIn posts to predict where Lord Sugar's firing finger will land first
By Tristan Cross Published
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Sol Campbell is the David Lynch of social media
The compellingly bizarre online word of solmanofficial, who has forgotten how old he is on his own birthday
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The case for: glory supporting
I'm the problem with modern football, and I don't care
By Tristan Cross Published
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Elon Musk is the least cool billionaire to ever live
He's worth the GDP of a small nation, wants to save the planet and is dating a pop star, so why is Elon Musk so uncool?
By Tristan Cross Published
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A curious deep dive into the Instagram of Dr Alex off of 'Love Island' and his quest to reinvent banter
The man's herculean commitment to anti-patter is changing the face of social media
By Tristan Cross Published
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What it feels like to ‘wake up’ during surgery (by someone it happened to)
“They made the cut and it felt warm and stung. Then he pulled the eye flap back and I yelled “F*ck”
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Why it’s time to address our unhealthy relationship with comedy
There's a big problem with self-deprecation
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We recreated this year's 'Love Island' using 'The Sims' and things got very weird
It all went a bit Lord of the Flies
By Tristan Cross Published
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The case for: Londoners not talking on public transport
Have you ever considered that it's friendlier not to say hello?
By Tristan Cross Published
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Why I desperately want to hate England's Jordan Pickford but actually I love him
Whether he's stopping shots on the international stage or running out of money in ASDA, the England keeper should be everyone's hero
By Tristan Cross Published
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Are England actually good now? A biased Welshman exhaustively inspects the evidence
An in-depth, back-and-forth, one-man debate to establish how good the English team really are
By Tristan Cross Published
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7 great football wonderkids that never quite made it
From Giovani dos Santos to Freddy Adu, what happened to the great footballing hopefuls of yesteryear
By Tristan Cross Published
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What does it feel like to be a national scapegoat? And how could it affect England's World Cup dreams?
Robert Green felt the ire of the British press after his error at World Cup 2010, but does their behaviour make mistakes more likely to happen?
By Tristan Cross Published
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'They're sensitive and easily upset': Why are we so worried about footballers being human?
It's 2018 and footballers are still being forced to hide their emotions, it's time to stop
By Tristan Cross Published
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I pitched the absolute worst ideas for TV shows to Channel 5 and MTV
I discovered the foolproof formula for creating hit television... and now you can too!
By Tristan Cross Published
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Jamie Oliver’s solution to childhood obesity is to starve the poor
The millionaire celebrity chef has helped to ban two-for-one pizza deals in Scotland
By Tristan Cross Published
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Why we shouldn't forget the hidden, human side of Arsene Wenger
As the great man exits the stage, a reminder that it wasn't just about the football
By Tristan Cross Published
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How Arsenal's feud with Man Utd became the defining rivalry of the Premier League era
"It was great, because both sides properly hated each other."
By Tristan Cross Published
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The joy of living through the style and beauty of the Wenger era: where football became art
Truly, this was the beautiful game
By Tristan Cross Published
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Who is faster and more furious: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson or Vin Diesel?
A forensic investigation
By Tristan Cross Published
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