Seen the mock Facebook status updates of historical events?
They’re great fun, and at Alpha magazine, where I worked until yesterday, we thought we’d throw together one of our own.
Alpha’s ingenious art director Darren Gover has put together the brilliant page below. Check it. It’s a mock Facebook feed of the birth of cricket’s Bodyline scandal.
The original is on Page 41 of the current print version of Alpha, which has cricketers Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger on the cover.
Expect more mischief of this calibre when the first digital version of Alpha for the iPad goes on sale in December. The gratuitous plug endeth here. Enjoy online Bodyline.
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