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Articles by Jimmy Burns
The Premier: Big Business and Great Football
Jimmy Burns OBE is an award-winning author and journalist. He was born in Madrid and was brought up in the UK, straddling football cultures from London and the North of England to Buenos Aires, via Madrid and Barcelona. His widely acclaimed football books include The Hand of God, Barca: A People’s Passion, La Roja, When Beckham went to Spain and Cristiano & Leo.
Una final de la Eurocopa angloespañola
Una final de la Eurocopa angloespañola en Berlín Escribe Jimmy Burns Marañon Nací en Madrid, hijo de madre española y padre inglés, educado en Inglaterra, pero criado bilingüe y en constante intercambio entre los dos países que heredé. Soy angloespañol de corazón y alma, y mi lealtad en lo que respecta al fútbol nunca está definida por los prejuicios nacionales sino por mi amor por un juego jugado al máximo, con pasión, belleza y decencia.
José Pizarro - a Godfather of Spanish cuisine in the UK
JB: What brought you and when to the UK and what was your early employment? JP I worked in a few restaurants in Madrid but I just had this feeling that London could be my home. I was lucky enough to work at Gaudi, and then I started working at the brilliant Eyre Brothers before going on to found Brindisa. JB: First impressions of the UK when you arrived? JP: Friendly, warm, happy, and like it was on the cusp of a big foodie revolution. JB: Who do you owe your love of Spanish cooking to?
Pele & Maradona: Contrasting Greatness
As a skinny seventeen-year-old, Pele exploded onto the international scene in the summer of 1958, from the pastures of the World Cup stadiums in Sweden. He went on to straddle the transition of football from a game to a serious business venture, breaking cultural and racial boundaries, his true potential barely registered by the grey images of black and white TV highlights of his first major contest.
The Right MI6 - MI5 Officer for the Job
BOOK REVIEW: A Faithful Spy: The Life and Times of an MI6 and MI5 Officer By Jimmy Burns / Chiselbury Publishing Reviewed by: J.R. Seeger The Reviewer– J.R. Seeger served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and as a CIA officer in multiple field locations. Seeger has written eleven novels.
‘A Faithful Spy’ by Jimmy Burns to be published by Chiselbury on 1 October 2023
Cover of 'A Faithful Spy' Walter Bell and Jimmy Burns in 1994 A remarkable insight into the working of British Intelligence A rare look behind the scenes of British Intelligence, this story is not only well-told but also true” — Nicholas Reynolds, former CIA officer LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, September 13, 2023/ EINPresswire.com/ -- Chiselbury, the independent publisher, is pleased to announce that ‘A Faithful Spy’ by prize-winning author Jimmy Burns will be published on 1 October 2023.
Race & Spanish Football
I struggle to find any justified excuse for the abuse suffered by the Real Madrid star Vinicius junior and the way in which a certain high-up in the Spanish La Liga has reacted. The racist nature of chants by a large group of local fans suffered by the young Brazilian during Real Madrid’s game against Valencia last Sunday was only too evident. So was the emotional impact it had on the player who was red carded by the referee after being caught up in a tussle provoked by a Valencian player.
Relishing the Magic of FC Barcelona
In his new book about being a Tottenham Hotspur fan and dealing with depression, John Crace tells us that watching Spurs, one of the Premier League’s most talented underachievers – I guess Arsenal is the other one- helps him to deal with life. Grace goes on to write: “Imagine how inadequate you must feel to support Barcelona; inch-perfect passes relentlessly pinging around from first to last. It would get to me in the end.” Well, John, sorry but I have to beg to differ.
Messi is the greatest, so was Diego
As I offer my heart-felt ‘felicidades’ to an Argengtine nation in delirium, let me correct Karl Marx...football, not religion, is the true opium of the masses. Rarely have I seen, since Raul Alfonsín won Argentina’s first elections after years of military rule in December 1983, so many jubilant crowds across the political and social divide take to the streets of central Buenos Aires.
How to Troubleshoot Your Own Tech
Summary: When your devices aren’t working like they should be, things can get frustrating — quickly. If your technical know-how starts and ends with “Kick it” or “Restart it,” this article is for you. We’ve got the top steps to troubleshoot your own tech and how you know when it’s time to call in the experts. For many of us, our technical know-how is mostly, “Turn it off and turn it back on again.” And, to be fair, that is how many problems are solved.
Altamar with Peter Schechter and Muni Jensen
Altamar’s 26th episode takes a look at a brewing civil war in the Vatican, and the implications it may hold for the Catholic Church at a time of massive political, demographic, and geographic change. Peter and Muni are joined by Jimmy Burns, a former Financial Times correspondent, longtime Vaticanologist, and author of Francis, Pope of Good Promise. Jimmy helps put the schisms in the Church in context and explains what a rapidly changing world entails for a millennia-old institution.
World Cup Legends #1: Diego Maradona Original
On 25 November 2020, legendary Argentinian football Diego Maradona sadly passed away at the age of 60. Considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all-time, he led his country to a World Cup victory in 1986 and became a cult figure at Boca Juniors, Barcelona and Napoli, as well as a host of other clubs. He retired in 1997, but remains a hero to new generations of young footballers.
Athletic Bilbao and the tragedy of FC Messi
Athletic Club Bilbao have a proud history and for a good reason. Along with Real Madrid and Barcelona, they are one of the three founding members of La Liga, Spain’s top division football league, and have the enviable distinction of never being relegated from first division football. Like their other, more illustrious counterparts Real Madrid and Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao have no corporate owners. They are instead owned and run by their faithful club members.
Missing football? Read these seven books during coronavirus lockdown
Written by Nimish Dubey | Published: April 26, 2020 9:03:16 pm ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’, ‘The Mixer’, ‘Fear And Loathing In La Liga’. (Source: Collected) The lockdown has taken a particularly heavy toll on football followers. With virtually no football being played anywhere in the world, football followers have had no choice but to go through highlights and replays of old matches or play footie-related games. And even the appeal of those can begin to wane after a while.
Cristiano i Leo. Historia rywalizacji Ronaldo i Messiego
Wyścig po miano najlepszego piłkarza w historii futbolu. Przez ostatnią dekadę byliśmy świadkami osobistej rywalizacji, jakiej świat nie widział nigdy wcześniej: Cristiano kontra Leo. Razem zdobyli ponad tysiąc bramek i dziesięć razy wygrali Złotą Piłkę. Ceniony dziennikarz sportowy Jimmy Burns postanowił sprawdzić, na czym polega ich fenomen. I wyjaśnić, dlaczego to właśnie ci piłkarze przedefiniowali współczesny futbol. Każdy kibic ma swoje zdanie na temat tego, który z nich jest lepszy.
Barca. Życie, pasja, ludzie. Wydanie II uaktualnione
Barca. Życie, pasja, ludzie. Wydanie II uaktualnione Tytuł oryginalny Forma wydania Rok wydania Autorzy Kategoria Wydawnictwo Najlepsza książka o FC Barcelonie, jaka kiedykolwiek powstała! Nieomal rozszarpana siatka w bramce Sampdorii Genua. Piłkarz, który miał się stać legendą, podpisujący kontrakt po pijanemu z – jak sądził – Realem Madryt. Bramkarz uciekający z Hiszpanii w przebraniu i prezydent klubu rozstrzelany przez frankistów. Trofea zniszczone i stopione po uderzeniu bomby w klubowy budynek.
The Lost Leader | Blog, Politics | #Brexit, #EU, #Greene, #Priestley | Author of La Roja | Papa Spy Jimmy Burns
I am thinking Brexit- or not. In moments of doubt and darkness, I find myself not for the first time rereading Graham Greene, a fellow Catholic who struggled throughout his life with no small number of existential and political crises of his own, and yet still managed to draw sufficient creative inspiration and faith in God and humanity as an author and journalist.
Cristiano and Leo
Who's better: Ronaldo or Messi? Ask any football fan and they'll have an opinion. For the best part of the last decade football has seen a personal rivalry unlike any seen before. Cristiano and Leo. This is their definitive story, from children kicking a ball halfway around the world from each other to their era-defining battle to be number one. One the preening adonis, a precision physical machine who blows teams away with his pace and power.
Catalonia & Northern Ireland
Twenty years ago today I was among a large assembly of journalists from around the world who had gathered in the freezing cold of an Easter-tide Belfast to celebrate a magnificent political achievement. Today I simply reflect on that memory.
In troubled times, FC Barcelona defines modern Catalonia
No other sporting institution in the world has been more emotionally affected by the political crisis unleashed in Spain over the Catalan question than FC Barcelona. Barca, as it is popularly known, has for much of its modern history been more than just one of the world’s leading football clubs. It is a social, cultural and political phenomenon — mes que un club, as its motto goes — and its sense of identity is framed by Catalan nationalism.
The Spanish Government’s Own Goal
Few images circulating globally from earlier yesterday (October 1) seemed to risk being more damaging to the Spanish government’s attempts to woo over a majority of Catalans to its concept of a lawful constitutional democracy than that of helmeted Civil Guard officers using a hammer to break a window and a lock cutter to break open a door at a sports centre near Gerona.
The inexcusable distinctiveness of football
This portrait of Bergoglio and Francis’s world-past and present- tells the story of a much more complex man than some early biographies have suggested. My subject is no picture book saint but a very human priest, wracked by doubt, who struggles to be a true witness of his faith in challenging circumstances.
Barca needs gladiators
This portrait of Bergoglio and Francis’s world-past and present- tells the story of a much more complex man than some early biographies have suggested. My subject is no picture book saint but a very human priest, wracked by doubt, who struggles to be a true witness of his faith in challenging circumstances.
Cruyff- Dream Maker
When people ask me , an anglo-spaniard- born in 1953 in Madrid a few hundred yards from the Bernabeu,the year of Di Stefano’s arrival, why I am a Barca fan, I mention Johan Cruyff. Hearing the news of his death brings back those heady days of the mid 1970’s when I first fell in love with FC Barcelona thanks to the flying Dutchman who later created Barca’s a ‘dream team’-one of several as it would turn out- thereby leaving an enduring legacy.
Football against the real enemy
Football against the Enemy, as my good friend and colleague Simon Kuper titled his seminal book on the political and cultural passions generated by the game, could well take on new meaning later this week. With an admirable sense and sensibility not common in the football world, the French and English football authorities have agreed to go ahead with the match between their respective national teams.
Papa Spy Jimmy Burns
They tried to make up for it today-the fans and the club and the execs in the Bernabeu with a belated act of homage- but neither the President of the Club nor your team mates were with you when, alone on sunday, you gave your final press conference as a departing Real Madrid player prior to your transfer to Porto. “C’est fini”,you said at the end of a press conference which inevitably had you shedding tears before the grateful photographers.
My Barca Lament | Blog, Football | #Bartomeu, #FCBarcelona, #laporta, #Qatar | Author of La Roja | Papa Spy Jimmy Burns
There is just a week to go before the presidential elections at FC Barcelona, a sporting institution that has played an inseparable and much loved part of my life for many years . And yet I feel so dispassionate about the event, to the point of negativity.
The Antique Football
They couldn’t believe it. The decision made no sense. Why was their own government standing in their way? This was the greatest Spanish national side of all time. They boasted the likes of Paco Gento, László Kubala, and the current and future Ballon d’Or winners Alferdo di Stéfano and Luis Suárez ( No, not Luis Suárez of Uruguay) .
La Roja in Brazil: A story foretold ?
Nothing perhaps summed up more acutely the tragedy of Spain’s exit from the World Cup in Brazil than the snapshot of David Villa and Xavi Hernandez , judged by their manager surplus to requirements, on the substitutes bench.
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