The man on the telly is being distracted by a certain cricket series

Obsession can be very distracting, and I fully confess that my fixation on the outcome of the Ashes has caused all varieties of problems this summer. By the time you read these words, the destiny of that little urn will have been determined.
It’s a sobering thought as I sit here typing in my garden that cricket fans in England, down under and wherever Test match cricket is followed, face the probability of ten days of sporting torture, with two Tests still to play.
There have been times this summer when I have craved for a...