Patrick Kidd, who attended Colchester Royal Grammar School, is a

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and

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ger specialising in

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generally, and

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and

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in particular. He is currently the diary editor, and was previously a sports writer, for ''

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'', where he has been working since 2001, and whose website hosts his ''Line and Length'', "A very English cricket blog". He also appears frequently in ''

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...

'' and ''

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'', and is a regular

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and

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pundit. His first book, ''Best of Enemies: Whingeing Poms Versus Arrogant Aussies'', was released in early 2009. A second book, ''The Worst of Rugby'', was published later that year. He also writes a light-hearted personal blog, ''The Questing Vole'', about politics, history, culture and sport, in which he describes himself as "a 1920s eccentric trapped in the body of a 21st-century journalist. Not a very fetching body, either."Questing Vol
About
The blog takes its name from the opening of ''

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'',

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's satire on journalism.

Published books

*''The Best of Enemies: Whingeing Poms Versus Arrogant Aussies'', Know the Score Books, 2009 () *''The Worst of Rugby: Violence and Foul Play in a Hooligans' Game Played by Gentlemen'', Pitch Publishing Ltd., 2009 () *''The Times Diary at 50: The Antidote to the News'', Times Books, 2016 ()

References

External links

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Line and Length
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The Questing Vole
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