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John Sturgis

London
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Journalist, editor, copywriter, ghost. Centrist dad takes on media, books, food, wine, nature, London, West Ham
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The lost joy of the pitch invasion

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By John Sturgis
| The Spectator Australia
It was long a highlight of the football calendar when, every May, on the final day of the season, supporters would be allowed to swarm onto their team’s pitch. This annual frolic was a rite of spring, like Morris dancing or chasing wheels of cheese down steep hills – and it was glorious fun.
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My children will never experience the hedonistic freedom of the 1990s

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By John Sturgis
| MSN UK
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This Life defined 1990s London – but my children will never experience its hedonistic freedom

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By John Sturgis
| Yahoo Entertainment
Writer John Sturgis and his wife, Sian, met in a nightclub in 1996 It was the Nineties cult TV drama that explored living and working in London while contemplating turning 30 as your social life, love life and career plans all felt precarious. Now This Life itself is turning 30. First aired on March 18 1996, this middle-class soap immediately felt close to (rented) home for me and my peer group: “Drink, drugs and casual sex on a weeknight?
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