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Pele’s Greek Odyssey

Word has just crept through from Brazil that the great, the very great, Pele has taken the long, […]

December 30, 2022 Greece, Sport

The Final Battle You Probably Never Heard Of

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Call me old-fashioned but for the last 50-something years of my life, I had always thought that the […]

May 26, 2019 Georgia, History

Found in Translation: the poetry in The Road to Sparta

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In the documentary film The Road to Sparta, we took the slightly off-beam decision to turn to poetry […]

March 19, 2019 Books, Culture, Greece, Running, Spartathlon, Sport

To Have Your π and Beat It

It is over 20 years since I last bumped into Michael Abrahamson. Pretty sure it was in a […]

March 15, 2019 Cricket, Culture, Sport

Sport in Art in Ancient Greece

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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

Malcolm is On the Mend

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Five years ago, I wrote a review on this blog about a book called Malcolm is a Little […]

February 12, 2019 Culture, Film, Greece

Kissing the feet of Leonidas

When a runner completes the 246-kilometre Spartathlon he or she earns a rare privilege. A last stretch of […]

February 5, 2019 Culture, Film, Greece, History, Spartathlon, Sport

The House that Ubu Built

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For the last 12 months I have been getting stressed. About a house. Not my house you understand, […]

January 16, 2019 Corbeil-Essonnes, Culture, France, History, Sport

The Spender Oath

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Hardly a day goes by without President Trump launching an attack on the press. Not just the individuals […]

August 18, 2018 History, Spender

The Sale of the Century

The guide at the National Gallery in London wasn’t entirely sure where I might find Rubens. She furrowed […]

February 22, 2018 Culture, History, Spender

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