Mike Atherton
Articles by Mike Atherton
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Books
Major innings
- 28 May 2007
For our last Tory prime minister, cricket enshrined the values of a nation, writes Mike Atherton. Now he celebrates the game in a scholarly, elegant history
Politics
The ultimate gamble
- 24 July 2006
Encouraged by the government and its friends, Britain is in the grip of a gambling craze fuelled by round-the-clock availability at the bookies, in the casino and on the internet. It is a booming, billion-pound industry - but, warns Mike Atherton, in the end we may all be losers











