Have you noticed it too? We see the world through the lens of our youth
Evening Standard|December 02, 2022
STOP, rewind — this isn’t how I pictured it at all. For one thing, the France kit is wrong, it’s meant to be a lighter shade of blue.
Jack Kessler
Have you noticed it too? We see the world through the lens of our youth

 As for the Dutch, where’s Dennis Bergkamp? Retired? I thought this was the World Cup.

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be 500 words on how everything was better in the past. That was my last column. It’s more a reflection on that most malleable time in our lives, when we were still young enough that every experience was new but old enough to think for ourselves.

That period from the age of eight or nine until the mid-teenage years is the anchor around which all future experiences are compared. Music will never be as good again, even if your back catalogue was limited to slightly scratched Now That’s What I Call Music CDs. Football will have peaked, no matter that your Second Division side will later be bought by an oil-rich state and now wins the Premier League at will. And don’t get me started on politics.

This story is from the December 02, 2022 edition of Evening Standard.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.

This story is from the December 02, 2022 edition of Evening Standard.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.

MORE STORIES FROM EVENING STANDARDView All
Can Premier League win over fans for a Stateside adventure?
Evening Standard

Can Premier League win over fans for a Stateside adventure?

SADIQ KHAN pushing for re-election after promising to bring the Super Bowl to London; the Football Supporters’ Association promising a “full blown, two feet off the ground, studs to the knee tackle” should a single Premier League match head the other way.

time-read
3 mins  |
May 03, 2024
SPURS IGNORE WARNINGS AS THEY SELF-DESTRUCT
Evening Standard

SPURS IGNORE WARNINGS AS THEY SELF-DESTRUCT

TOTTENHAM have been more open and lost by bigger margins this season, but last night’s defeat has to go down as their most alarming display under Ange Postecoglou.

time-read
3 mins  |
May 03, 2024
Steidten 'ban' gives Moyes space to focus on rescuing season that risks fizzling out
Evening Standard

Steidten 'ban' gives Moyes space to focus on rescuing season that risks fizzling out

SINCE arriving at West Ham last summer, technical director Tim Steidten has been a very visible presence at London Stadium on match days.

time-read
2 mins  |
May 03, 2024
Odegaard: It's okay to dream, but don't lose your focus
Evening Standard

Odegaard: It's okay to dream, but don't lose your focus

Skipper warns team-mates to guard against complacency

time-read
2 mins  |
May 03, 2024
Now saviour Harris is aiming to add sparkle to workmanlike Lions
Evening Standard

Now saviour Harris is aiming to add sparkle to workmanlike Lions

SINCE Neil Harris was parachuted back into Millwall on a rescue mission in February, only promotion favourites Ipswich have taken more points in the Championship.

time-read
2 mins  |
May 03, 2024
I know it sounds wild, but you can't beat Toulouse without scoring a lot of points
Evening Standard

I know it sounds wild, but you can't beat Toulouse without scoring a lot of points

DANNY WILSON has devised a \"wild\" plan to outscore global superpower Toulouse in Sunday's Champions Cup semi-final.

time-read
1 min  |
May 03, 2024
London stock market drops out of the top 20 destinations for IPOs
Evening Standard

London stock market drops out of the top 20 destinations for IPOs

LONDON has today fallen out of the top 20 global IPO destinations of 2024, having raised only as much money as Kazakhstan’s stock market, the Standard can reveal.

time-read
2 mins  |
May 03, 2024
Patchy but Dua still produces pop gems
Evening Standard

Patchy but Dua still produces pop gems

LANDING at exactly the right time to boost the spirits of a nation of bored-senseless lockdowners, Dua Lipa’s second album, Future Nostalgia, didn’t just transform her into the pandemic’s answer to Vera Lynn, it elevated her to the big leagues.

time-read
2 mins  |
May 03, 2024
Could Baby Reindeer change TV forever?
Evening Standard

Could Baby Reindeer change TV forever?

NOBODY saw this coming. Not Netflix, not its stars, not the public. Baby Reindeer was quietly released last month only to explode. thrilling and appalling viewers everywhere, and becoming one of the most talked about shows in years.

time-read
4 mins  |
May 03, 2024
I was spat at in the street because I spoke about the Hamas rapes of October 7
Evening Standard

I was spat at in the street because I spoke about the Hamas rapes of October 7

LAST week, shocked at how I had to dress in order to safely walk around where I live, I posted a picture of myself to Instagram. I posted the picture because I wanted to vent — rather than fight — to do something about the madness that goes by the name of the city we live in right now.

time-read
3 mins  |
May 03, 2024