Notebook

>>Hospo

Spent much of last week in corporate hospitality.
Wimbledon, twice and The Oval. Whisper, IMG and the ECB were the hosts. On Monday I was walked out of Centre Court with Sunil Patel, and we bumped in to Neil Chugani, who I didn't know, but have found out has one of the standout CVs in sport.
Friday was spent gossiping in the IMG hospitality lounge.
Chatted with Adam Kelly about our recent podcast.
We'd recorded it a few days earlier and he thought I'd been grumpy, which is code for asking some uncomfortable questions.
The truth is I did want to push Adam a bit. There are two stories about IMG, the one they want to tell and the one their competitors want to tell. Neither is the truth, but listening to a CEO doing talking points is dull af.
He got it, and enjoyed the to and fro. And the podcast is better as a result.

>>The Oval
Got stuck in a lift with Blaze and Tonk, which is the memoir title sorted.

White wine (me) with Juliet Slot, Beth Barrett Wild and Kate Hannon.
The game got tense. Nat Sciver Brunt played brilliantly to get England in to the final, to everyone's relief, apart from the South Africans obvs.
Beth B-W exits ECB on a massive high.
Walking back to Vauxhall tube, two blokes in Lauren Bell merch.