Category Archives: Arts and Law

By Dr Neil: The most nerve-racking element of the game!¬† No other moment in football can match it for anticipation -¬†the torturous mixture of expectancy and uncertainty. Football distilled into its component elements. Football fans cheer when their team is … Continue reading →

By Dr Neil: Everybody knows¬†what constitutes a good goal! A shot from distance, a¬†lengthy sequence¬†of passes, a mazy dribble or¬†some acrobatic contortions…However, football, like art, isn’t merely about technical excellence, but about the emotions it stirs in fans and players … Continue reading →

Philosopher Gilbert Ryle introduced the term ‘category mistake’: this mistake occurs when we talk about the properties of an entity in terminology which applies to a different type of entity. Ryle uses the example of a person being shown around … Continue reading →

To children, and contented adults, World Cup mascots are a fun but inconsequential bit of fluff. To people eaten up with non-specific but palpable envy and misery, mascots are simply a pointless appendage to the tournament. However, rigorous analysis of … Continue reading →

The principle of emergence suggests that interactions between individual components aggregate to build larger complex systems. Higher-order macro complexity is therefore predicated upon interactivity at localised micro-levels. However, the additional properties of the emergent holistic level mean that it is … Continue reading →

It is customary practice for newspapers to rate the players out of 10 following England games, and for a brief rationale of the mark to be provided. WCC is pleased to present a handy do-it-yourself guide to compiling these ratings. … Continue reading →