What else do we do?
If you like Brits on Pole you might enjoy finding out more about some of the other sites we run and the projects that we are working on:
- The Nurdler
Brits on Pole's sister site The Nurdler
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Nurdler (n): 1. One who scores runs at cricket by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field. 2. Someone struggling with life’s practicalities
The Nurdler is a well-established blog celebrating the lighter side of all forms of cricket, but focusing primarily on Tests.
It was born out of a passion for cricket that resulted when one of us sat down for in front of the TV for ten minutes during the Second Ashes Test in 2005, just to see what was going on – and didn’t move out of the chair for eight hours. Next, a love affair with the BBC’s Test Match Special was born, and a feeling that we may have wasted the first 30 years of our lives by not following the sport – but maybe there’s a season for everything, and your twenties are not necessarily the season for following the ebb and flow of a Test match.
The other one was forced to play the blessed game at school, having hard lumps of leather hurled in terrifying fashion at both head and other more sensitive bits, and therefore doesn’t have nearly such a romantic image of it.
The Nurdler is very active on Twitter, particularly during Test matches, when the batting partnership aims to share the company of many other like-minded (and often long-suffering) fans through the ups and downs of England’s performances. So, if you’re listening (or even watching), pop along and join us. We’ll look forward to meeting you.
- It’s the hope we can’t stand
Brits on Pole's sister site It's The Hope We Can't Stand
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“It’s not the despair, Laura. I can stand the despair. It’s the hope” – These iconic words, spoken in the 1986 film Clockwise by hapless headmaster Brian Stimpson (played by John Cleese) to a pupil as his life disintegrates, sum up perfectly what it means to be a sports fan.
It’s the hope we can’t stand is a relatively new project that is still finding its feet. This blog is not solely about cricket, or football, or racing, but about the experience of getting swept up in the drama of the latest big tournament until you can talk about nothing else, or of taking an insane punt on a little-known outsider at silly odds.
It’s about the little spark of hope you can never quite extinguish – even when you know from endless experience that it’s all about to go horribly wrong. Again. No matter what your sport, you know that feeling, which is why we hope we can tempt you to join us and read along as we build this site into one as strong as Brits on Pole and The Nurdler.
- Onlineability: Web design and copywriting services
Onlineability: We do words and websites
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The team behind Brits on Pole is a long-established web design and copywriting partnership with a good deal of professional experience in these areas and a very sound grip of using social media. We also have direct experience in motorsport web design, and a clear idea of what drivers are looking for, including the kinds of budgetary constraints they are likely to be facing.
We’re passionate about using the internet to communicate our clients’ messages without fuss, bother or huge expense. The same goes for our editorial services. We’re experts at making each word hit its target. Our strengths are our knowledge, experience and enthusiasm. This stuff doesn’t faze us, we understand it inside-out, and we can make sense of it for you – without giving you a quote the size of your yearly racing budget.
In fact, we’ve got a straightforward line on costs: we’ll be transparent about your needs and we’ll price the work honestly rather than trying to sell you a lot of fancy stuff you’ll never use. We’re not the cheapest on the market, but our clients agree our value is hard to beat. Why not find out a bit more about us, then get in touch?
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