{"id":1269,"date":"2026-09-13T08:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:03:47","slug":"botham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/?p=1269","title":{"rendered":"Botham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking along the promenade the other day, a hardback (signed &#8211; wet ink?) copy of Botham &#8211; the book &#8211; was winking at me from a shelf in a coffee shop. A great spot in more ways than one.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a treat to sit down there with a little time on my hands and read a chapter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I read the Foreword the other day &#8211; a few words from Sir Viv. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I read &#8216;The End of the Road&#8217; &#8211; the first chapter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions with Ted Dexter. To take the half a million and go to SA? Or WI?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How is that final half hour after a career in the spotlight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than anything it was a chapter which can resonate. Many of us know Kenny Rogers&#8217; line, &#8220;Gotta know when to hold and when to fold&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are our own best Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking forward to the next chapter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking along the promenade the other day, a hardback (signed &#8211; wet ink?) copy of Botham &#8211; the book &#8211; was winking at me from a shelf in a coffee shop. A great spot in more ways than one. It&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/?p=1269\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oscarnowak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}