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Category Archive: Olympics

Sport in Art in Ancient Greece

Heinrich is a special kind of guide. A trained archaeologist with the appropriate eye for detail and a […]

February 19, 2019 Culture, Greece, Greek sporting legends, History, Olympics, Running, Sport

The Winter Games through a Victorian lens

Thousands of journalists are descending on the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, […]

February 3, 2014 Books, Culture, History, Olympics, Sport

The Mad Leap of the Ski-Jumpers

The ski-jump competition is one of the most popular aspects of any Winter Olympics and has been since […]

January 27, 2014 History, Olympics, Sport

The Thin White Line of Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skiing is an integral part of the Winter Olympics and has been since the first event in […]

January 22, 2014 History, Olympics, Sport

Sowing the seeds for the Winter Olympics

When the Winter Olympics get underway in Sochi on February 7, there will be in the region of […]

January 15, 2014 History, Olympics, Sport

Book Review: The Final Whistle

Sports writing – and rugby in particular – has been guilty over the years of overborrowing phrases or […]

September 24, 2013 Belgium, Book reviews, Books, Culture, Dublin, France, History, Olympics, Rugby union, Sport

Goodbye, Mr Chaps

There may have been a small corner in the Obits pages of one of the nationals or a […]

September 24, 2012 Olympics, Pangbourne College, Sport

Gymnastics flying high in London

It is with a touch of sadness that I closed out the Artistic Gymnastics on Eurosport 3D yesterday […]

August 8, 2012 Gymnastics, London 2012, Olympics, Sport

Iliadis brings Georgian cheer to Greece

It wasn’t gold but it was a medal nonetheless; it didn’t have the hometown glamour of Bradley Wiggins […]

August 1, 2012 Georgia, Greece, Gymnastics, London 2012, Olympics, Sport

Truce and gore at the Ancient Games

Turn on the television news and what do you see? Death and destruction; blood and tears. The World […]

August 1, 2012 Greece, London 2012, Olympics, Sport

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