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In five parts and totalling about 15,000 words – analysing the final of the tournament, viewing all thirty-two competing nations, and offering a wider perspective comprising fashion, politics, music, technology, and football’s myriad engagements with popular culture – my site may provide what is, at this point in time, the definitive history of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The image above affords a perverse but pretty way of accessing the five articles I’ve posted since the event in Brazil came to a close three weeks ago. They are, in turn, Germany 1-0 Argentina: An Analysis of the 2014 World Cup Final; What’s Wrong with Brazil? Evaluating the World Cup: Groups A-D; Evaluating the World Cup: Groups E-H; Fashioning a World Cup Final: How the BBC Dressed; and The World Cup in Wider Culture. Simply click upon the image or image-section which most intrigues or excites.