LEE PAYNE

An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more

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I am a graduate journalist. I’ve enjoyed writing for as long as I can remember. I’m a huge Norwich fan, and I am also interested in cricket, history, architecture, the media and London.

Tag: review

  • You don’t have to go far from home to find yourself – my night in Cromer

    “I am not enjoying myself very much.” Those were the words of a 13-year-old Winston Churchill on a visit to Cromer back in 1888. Well, I’m pleased to report that I enjoyed my overnight stay in North Norfolk earlier this week a lot more than arguably the country’s most famous Prime Minister did. Cromer is…

  • England seal a superb series whitewash

    England vs New Zealand3rd Test (of 3)Headingley, Leeds23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th June 2022Result: England (360 & 296-3) beat New Zealand (329 & 326) by 7 wicketsEngland win the series 3-0 It was only innate English pessimism that put any doubt in the ability of our re-energised Test team to knock off the 113 runs…

  • A winning start: what I learned from the Lord’s Test

    England vs New Zealand1st Test (of 3)Lord’s, London2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th June 2022Result: England (141 & 279-5) beat New Zealand (132 & 285) by 5 wickets I’ve looked it up. There were 281 days between England’s men completing an innings victory over India at Headingley on 28th August last year and scoring the winning runs…

  • Listen To This: Ribbon Around The Bomb by Blossoms

    I love music. I love all kinds of music. It doesn’t have to be a certain genre or style, it just has to make me feel something. One of my favourite bands is Blossoms, who I was delighted to discover when they were heavily promoted by Radio X (formerly XFM) in 2016. The five piece…

  • What England can take from the Sri Lanka Tests

    England have become only the third team ever to go to Sri Lanka and whitewash them in a Test series. They may not have their great players any more, such as Mahela Jayawardene or Kumar Sangakkara, but Sri Lanka remain a very difficult opponent in their own conditions. They beat South Africa 2-0 in a…

  • 2014-15 Norwich City season review – part two

    This is the second part of my review of Norwich City’s 2014-15 season. If you haven’t seen the first part yet, here it is. I hope you enjoy looking back on an amazing season. This part starts with the appointment of a little known Scotsman… 9th January 2015 – Hello Neil (again) A few names…