The world according to Kirkey
There is something compelling about graveyards and the narrative they provide for the living. Once people gathered around these memorials, no doubt expressing the undertaking of eternal remembrance; but that isn’t a reality, since we all wither – just like these stones. Filling the space between being born and ending up in a similar place … Read more
Kirkeytalk.com has teamed up with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports to provide five pairs of tickets for the Monster Energy 2024 FIM British Speedway Grand Prix to be held at The Principality Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday 17th August 2024. To enter the competition simply message kirkeytalk.com via the contact tab above with your answers to the … Read more
Drawing a parallel between speedway and professional football is perhaps a less than perfect comparison when it comes to renumeration. The latter contains multiple examples of lucrative, often eye-watering contracts, which dominate the sports pages. As an example, in January 2018 Mesut Özil signed a three year contract with Arsenal worth around £55.9 million, including … Read more
As the GE looms, under our first-past-the-post electoral system, the choice is fairly simple: right v left. Right wing – smaller state, with free enterprise and capitalism acting as the driving forces. Left wing – believes the government should play an active role in regulating the economy and providing welfare (e.g. NHS). Politics isn’t some … Read more
I’m a former Tory voter and until recently I was also a local Conservative councillor. Back then I mistakenly believed that the party was still loyal to its centre-right homeland. Now it’s so far right that you need the Hubble telescope to locate the crazies (incidentally the dim glow beyond this point is Deform UK) … Read more
As the Conservative Party writhes in the final death throes of their wretched regime that has inflicted upon its citizens – among other horrors – austerity, Covid corruption and destruction of the NHS, the grotesque and putrid autopsy is abhorrent yet simultaneously comical. And I say this from the position of being a previous member … Read more
When the call is made how could I refuse? UK Football Fans urgently needed to represent their teams in Major TV Broadcaster commercial campaign! The pitch: I’ve been a Notts fan since I was 10 years old – so 51 years of pain! I am a season ticket holder facing a 5-hour round trip for … Read more
Join one of the most decorated national speedway champions as he reflects upon his roller-coaster life, often on two wheels, but more so as an ordinary human being trying to make sense of it all. The urge to share his life story, or more accurately a work in progress, stems from one simple question – … Read more
The fabled phoenix from the fire is a metaphor for resurrection, rebirth, and resurgence. Its reality is somewhat rarer, with museums providing an anthology of things past that were never destined to return. In my own lifetime, I’ve witnessed the death and permanent disappearance of all manner of technologies and ways of doing things. But … Read more
The 2024 Speedway World Championship hits the shale later this month, with series one of an eleven round tournament being held at Donji Kraljevec in Croatia (27th April). 15 racers, led by current Polish world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, will contest the Grand Prix series that will again be hosted at several major European cities, including … Read more