https://barneyspender.com/2014/01/27/the-mad-leap-of-the-ski-jumpers/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holmenkollen-ski-jump-from-the-beginning-of-the-1900s.jpgHolmenkollen-Ski-Jump-from-the-beginning-of-the-1900sThe Holmenkollen Ski-Jump at the start of teh 1900s; it remains a leading venue int eh sport today (Photo: Holmenkollen Ski Museum)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-suspense.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Suspense"Suspense" - the moment of take-off, taken from the top of the jump (Photo: Arthur Edmund Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ski-norway1.jpgno-nb_bldsa_ 118https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-136-001.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 136 001https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-122-001-field-of-conquest.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 122 001 field of conquestWaiting for the jumpers at the foot of the hill (Arthur Edmund Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-126-001-a-good-balance1.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 126 001 A Good BalanceThis one is captioned "A Good Balance": this may refer not just to jumper but also to Spender's control of the camera 2026-01-13T18:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/01/22/the-thin-white-line-of-cross-country-skiing/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/norway-first-comer.jpgNorway first comerAwaiting the first arrivals near the finish line of the cross-country race (Arthur Edmond Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-page-902-001-the-author1.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Page 90(2) 001 the authorArthur Edmund Spender on his skis in Noray. This picutre probably taken by his travelling companion Francis Bennet https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/two_winters_in_norway1.jpgTwo_Winters_in_Norwayhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-page-903-001-the-author2.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Page 90(3) 001 the author2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holmenkollen-cross.jpgHolmenkollen crossHolmenkollen has been a home for cross country skiing since 1892 (Holmenkollen Ski Museum)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ski_norvegien-norwegian_skiing.jpgski_norvegien-norwegian_skiingGroup cross-country skiing in Canada, using long poles to steer This group was photographed in 1895. (Library and Archives Canada, C-043152)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/abel-rossignol.pngabel-rossignolAbel Rossignol was a carpenter who spotted a gap in the market. He travelled from Chartreuse to Norway to learn about skiiing and then In 1907 in his Voiron workshop, he set upp what was to become a leading ski and skiwear company2026-01-13T17:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/01/15/sowing-the-seeds-for-the-winter-olympics/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/oslo-norway_1900.jpgOslo, Norway_1900 Christiania, 1900, looking anything but abuzz - presumably as everyone had headed off for the skiing at Holmenkollenhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzn_holmenkollen-ski-jump-by-julien-de-smedt-opens-2.jpgdzn_Holmenkollen-ski-jump-by-Julien-de-Smedt-opens-2Holmenkollen, as it is today, still with the frozen lake at the base of the jumphttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-102-001.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 102 001The hotel at Holmenkollen which later burnt down in a fire (Arthur Edmund Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/husebybakken_norway1879.jpgHusebybakken_Norway1879Husebybakken in 1879 (photo: Christian Krohg)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ski-norway.jpgno-nb_bldsa_ 118Fridtjof Nansen. A renowned adventurer and later a "peacemaker", Nansen was a passionate skier.https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/norway-skiers_1900.jpgNorway skiers_1900A group of skiers around 1900 using the long poleshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-126-001-a-good-balance.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 126 001 A Good Balancehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-126-001-2-a-mad-fling.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 126 001 (2) A Mad FlingSki-jumping was often more of a mad leap than an exact science (Photo: AE Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/two_winters_in_norway.jpgTwo_Winters_in_Norwayhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2-winters-in-norway-opp-118-001-nansen.jpg2 Winters in Norway - Opp 118 001 Nansen2026-01-13T17:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2016/01/11/a-night-at-the-mermaid-with-david-bowie/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mermaid-theatre.jpgmermaid-theatreThe Mermaid Theatre in Blackfriars: the first theatre to be built in the City of London since the 17th centuryhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-picture-1.jpgdavid-bowie-picture-1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/berkoff-rogermorton1.pngBerkoff (RogerMorton)Steven Berkoff performing in his 1986 adaptation of Kafka's Metamorphosis (Photo: Roger Morton)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/metamorphosis_mermaid.jpgMETAMORPHOSIS_MERMAIDhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/berkoff-rogermorton.pngBerkoff (RogerMorton)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bowie-low.jpgBowie Lowhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bowie-2-ab-beg.jpgBowie 2 AB BegDavid Bowie in Julian Temple's Absolute Beginners which also featured Steven Berkoffhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bowie-1.jpgBowie 12026-01-10T19:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/about/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/barney-spender.jpgBarney SpenderTrying to work out how this Blog thing works2025-12-16T12:49:02+00:00weekly0.6https://barneyspender.com/2025/08/26/travels-with-doggo-1-cambernon-normandy/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_9808.jpgIMG_9808https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_9905.jpgIMG_9905https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_9825.jpgIMG_98252025-12-15T11:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2017/02/18/dalkey-tale-my-mother-and-michael-collins/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/veronica_portrait-001.jpgveronica_portrait-001https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cookson-wedding1.jpgcookson-weddinghttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/four-courts-dublin.jpgfour-courts-dublinAfter the battle for the Four Courts, the building lay in total ruin. (National Library of Ireland)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dublin-mountain.jpgdublin-mountainhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sorrento-tce.jpgsorrento-tcehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/michael-collins.jpgmichael-collinshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/veronica_portrait-001-1.jpgveronica_portrait-001-1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/veronica-and-her-mother-dot.jpgveronica-and-her-mother-dotThe baby born in battle: Veronica with her mother Dorothea. (Cookson family archive)2025-12-15T11:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2025/09/02/doggo-tails-2-st-just-cornwall/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image.pngimage2025-12-15T11:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2025/09/30/doggo-tails-3-pembrokeshire/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-13.pngimagehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-12.pngimagehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-11.pngimagehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-10.pngimagehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-9.pngimagehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/jac-doggo-2018b.jpgJac Doggo 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ELVSTROMhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/herodotus.jpgHerodotushttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/constantine-podium.jpgItaly Naples 1960 Summer Olympicshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rome60om-1.jpgrome60om-1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/200px-king_constantine_ii_342.jpg200px-King_Constantine_II_342The Last King of Greece as he is todayhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kingkonstantine1.jpgPrince ConstantineThe 20 year old Prince Constantine skippered Greece to their first Olympic gold medal in 48 yearshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kingkonstantine.jpgkingkonstantine2023-01-16T14:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2022/12/31/a-loving-farewell/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hydra-syd-bs.jpgHydra syd bshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hydra-jac-kids.jpgHydra Jac 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lighthousehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/texel-german-map-defense-structures-01.jpgtexel-german-map-defense-structures-01https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/poland-georgians-german-army-01.jpgpoland-georgians-german-army-01https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/texel-mutiny.jpgTexel mutinyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/georgian-cemetry-4.jpgGeorgian cemetry 4https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/georgian-cemetry-3.jpgGeorgian cemetry 3https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/georgian-cemetry-2.jpgGeorgian cemetry 2Loladze's grave in the Georgian cemetry on Texelhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/georgian-cemetry-1.jpgGeorgian Cemetry 1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/shalva_loladze.jpgShalva_LoladzeShalva Loladze was the man behind the Georgian uprising2019-05-26T14:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2019/03/19/found-in-translation-the-poetry-in-the-road-to-sparta/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mopiff_winner_laurel-e1537793133418.pngmopiff_winner_laurel-e1537793133418The Road to Sparta won Best Poetry at MOPIFF 2018https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/renos.jpgrenoshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/malamatenia-e1552816245138.jpgmalamateniaMalamatenia Gotsi voices Billboardshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/apergisbookscollage-e1552814228246.jpgApergisBooksCollageOrfeas Apergis' new book Η γλώσσα τους (Their Tongue)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/orfeas-apergis.jpgOrfeas ApergisOrfeas Apergis translated AE Stallings' sonnets into Greekhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/orfeas-mtlg-karyotakis-dec-2018.jpgOrfeas mtlg Karyotakis Dec 20182019-03-27T04:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2012/11/17/hence-they-will-say-that-heroes-fight-like-greeks/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ohiday.jpgohidayThe Oxi Day celebrations mark the day that Greece stuck two fingers up at the bullyboys of Europe and is celebrated throughout the nation every yearhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mountpeluri1940.jpgMountPeluri1940The Greeks fighting in Mount Peluri kicking the Italian invaders back into Albania https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/greece20germany.jpggreece%20germanyThe Nazi flagged is raised at that Parthenon2020-03-23T15:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2019/03/15/to-have-your-%cf%80-and-beat-it/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mike-abrahamson.pngMike AbrahamsonMichael Abrahamson hard at work as a sports commentator (Pic: M Abrahamson)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/abrahamson-2-e1552636333940.pngabrahamson 22019-03-16T06:45:05+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2019/02/19/sport-in-art-in-ancient-greece/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/agamemnon.jpgAgamemnonThe disputed death mask of Agamemnon (By Xuan Che)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-horse1-2.jpgAncient horse1 (2)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-malaka.jpgAncient malakahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/heinrich-hall.pngHeinrich hallGerman football expert (and occasional archaeologist) Heinrich Hall in the studios of Athens International Radio during Euro 2008https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ronaldo-trophy.jpgRonaldo trophyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-zeus.jpgAncient Zeushttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-runners.jpgAncient runnershttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-runner.jpgAncient runnerhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-pots.jpgAncient potshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ancient-oil-scrape.jpgAncient oil scrapeAthlete using a stlegida (Pic: Barney Spender)2019-02-19T21:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2019/02/05/kissing-the-feet-of-leonidas/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kissing-the-feet-of-leonidas2-2-e1549368144448.jpgKissing the feet of LeonidasBarney Spender finally gets to kiss the feet of Leonidas (Pic: Kyriakos Liarakos)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/peloponnese-doc-fest-1.jpgPeloponnese doc festhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/peloponnese-doc-fest.jpgPeloponnese doc festhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kissing-the-feet-of-leonidas2.jpgrremrrem2019-02-15T13:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2019/02/12/malcolm-is-on-the-mend/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mlcolm2.jpgmlcolm2Trine Villemann and Malcolm Brabant, enjoying life again (Pic: M Brabant)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/malcolms3.jpgmalcolms3Brabant had to undergo several rounds of ECT (Pic: Malcolm is a Little Unwell)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/malcolm.jpgMalcolm2019-02-12T11:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2019/01/16/the-house-that-ubu-built/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-square.jpgjarry squarehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-4-18.jpgjarry house 4 18https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-hotel.jpgjarry hotelhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-hotel-2.jpgjarry hotel 2The Hotel de la Mairie where Jarry used to drink with his namesake. You will see the name Jarry still daubed on the wall (Phot: B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-3-18.jpgjarry house 3 18https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-2-18.jpgjarry house 2 18https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-1-18.jpgjarry house 1 18This is today's 19 Quai de l'Apport which as it turns our is the house next to Le Philanstère. It reflects, however, the degeneration of the two buildings in early 2018https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-3-jan-19-.jpgjarry house 3 jan 19From the garden https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-2-jan-19.jpgjarry house 2 jan 19Le Phalanstère in January 2019https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jarry-house-1-jan-19-.jpgjarry house 1 jan 19Looking up to Jarry's bedroom2019-02-04T12:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2018/08/18/the-spender-oath/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/edward-spender.pngedward spenderEdward Spender, founder of the Western Morning News and architect of a Journalistic Codehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-napoleon.jpgWMN Napoleonhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-murder.jpgWMN murderhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-first-issue.jpgWMN First issuehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-insignia.jpgWMN insigniahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-first-issue-boy.jpgWMN First issue boyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-edditorial.jpgWMN edditorialhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-first-issue-auction1.jpgWMN First issue auctionhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wmn-first-issue-auction.jpgWMN First issue auction2018-08-18T22:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2018/02/22/the-sale-of-the-century/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/staircase_hall_of_the_national_gallery_london.jpgStaircase_hall_of_the_National_Gallery,_LondonThe National Gallery in London, home to eight of Champernowne's collectionhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/champernowne_coatofarms.pngChampernowne_CoatOfArmsThe Champernowne coat of arms at the time Sir Arthur moved the family into Dartington https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-william-champernowne.jpgSir William ChampernowneThe tomb of Sir William de Champernowne who died in 1240. He is to be found in St Mary's Church in Atherington, North Devon https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_e25391.jpgIMG_E2539[1]Arthur Champernowne, art collector and great great great grandfather of the author. Painted by William Brockedon, an artist he championed and pattronised. https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_e25401.jpgIMG_E2540[1]The North Court of Dartington Hall, painted by T Bonner in 1797https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_e25381.jpgIMG_E2538[1]Louisa Champernowne by William Brockedonhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/louisa-champernowne.jpgBrockedon, William, 1787-1854; Miss Louisa Champernowne (b.1809)One of Champernowne's daughers Louisa painted by William Brockedon in 1809. Devon Heritage Centre https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_e25061.jpgIMG_E2506[1]Adoration of the Shepherds by Murillohttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_25061.jpgIMG_2506[1]https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/nicolas_poussin_-_apollo_and_daphne_-_wga18345.jpgNicolas_Poussin_-_Apollo_and_Daphne_-_WGA18345Nicolas_Poussin's Apollo and Daphne2018-02-22T19:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2018/01/14/the-uncomfortable-promise-of-veganuary/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/earthlings.jpgearthlingshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/jamie-oliver-1001x640.jpgjamie-oliver-1001x640https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/veganuary.pngVeganuaryhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/vegan-baileys.jpgVegan Baileys2018-01-14T15:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/09/23/the-rough-and-rocky-road-to-sparta/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/roddy-gibson.jpgRoddy GibsonRoddy Gibson on location. He is Director of Photography on The Road to Sparta https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rts-lawrence.jpgrts lAWRENCEAnyone who contributes on the crowd-funding site has a chance of winning Michael Lawrence's specially commissioned work The Road to Sparta https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/theroadtosparta.jpgTheRoadToSparta2017-07-27T15:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2017/06/16/living-in-the-fast-lanes-of-le-mans/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/matra-640.jpgmatra-640The Matra 640: aerodynamic and almost fatalhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo_pescarolo_2_510x791.jpgphoto_pescarolo_2_510x791Henri Pescarolo firsr raced at Le Mans in 1966; he would be ever-present as either driver or team owner until 2013https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lemans84.jpglemans84Henri Pescarolo's fourth and final Le Mans victory in 1984https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mcqueen.jpgMcQueenhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pescarolo-monaco-70.jpgPescarolo Monaco 70On his way to 3rd place in the 1970 Monaco Grand Prixhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pescarolo-monaco-2.jpgPescarolo Monaco 2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pescarolo-accident.jpgPescarolo accidentThe remains of Pescarolo's Matrahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pescarolo-matra.jpgPescarolo Matrahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pescarolo-hill.jpgpescarolo 24 hHenri Pescarolo (right) and Graham Hill celebrate their Le Mans victory2017-06-15T23:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2017/06/07/the-corbeil-crash-of-44/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/crash-letter11.jpgcrash letter1The first report on the crash claimed it was an American fighter and the pilot escaped (Pic: Ville de Corbeil-Essonnes)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rapport-mairie-courances-1-e1496828032585.jpgrapport mairie Courances 1The second report clarified the identity of the plane but points to just six bodies. (Pic: Ville de Corbeil-Essonnes)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/crash-letter1.jpgcrash letter1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/juvisy-bombs.jpgJuvisy bombsAerial view of the bombing in Juvisy in April 1944 (Picture: Imperial War Museum)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_05891.jpgIMG_0589[1]Six of the crew lie together in the cemetry at Courances (Pic: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_06041.jpgIMG_0604[1]Leonard Gold was laid to rest in a section of war graves in the Tartarets Cemetry in Corbeil-Essonnes (Pic: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/halifax-ceremony.jpgHalifax Ceremonyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/halifax-2.jpghalifax 2Taking off from Breighton for the last timehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/thomas-bisset.jpgThomas BissetFlight Lieutenant Thomas Bisset (centre) with two of his brothers who also enlisted. https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/anstruther_war_memorial.jpgAnstruther_war_memorialAnstruther War Memorial: Thomas Bisset is the first name on the RAF entries2021-01-13T19:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2016/12/28/book-review-the-road-to-sparta-by-dean-karnazes/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/spartathlon-moody.jpgspartathlon-moodyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/deanfig.jpgdeanfighttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dean1.jpgdean1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/51uhdiskhwl.jpg51uhdiskhwl2017-01-07T19:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2016/11/18/book-review-another-mans-war-by-barnaby-phillips/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/isaac-fadoyebo-009.jpgisaac-fadoyebo-009Isaac Fadoyebo tells his tale (Photo: Barnaby Phillips)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/barnaby-isaac.jpgbarnaby-isaacBarnaby Phillips and Isaac Fadobeyo (Photo: Barnaby Phillips)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/another-mans-war_.jpganother-mans-war_2016-11-18T16:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2016/11/08/first-night-nerves/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rts-pint.jpgrts-pintA great collaboration (Photo: Roddy Gibson)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rts-prem.jpgrts-premAll smiles after the screening: L-R: Barney, Manos, Rob (not in training), Angie, Vicki Karpouzi, Roddy, Magda Gouma (Photo: Nick Petalas)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rts-pinnington.jpgrts-pinningtonRob Pinnington feeling the pain during the Spartathlon (Photo: The Road to Sparta)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rts-prem-1.jpgrts-prem-1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rts-crew.jpgrts-crewThe RTS crew in Sparta: Standing Marius, Roddy, Barney. Seated: Tryfon, Andreas, Vasilios (Photo: Marius Ulevicius, 2014)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/spartathlon-sign-e1478521879874.jpgspartathlon-signhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/spender-and-gibson1.jpgspender-and-gibson1The directors at work. Roddy gets to grips with the camera while Barney considers lunch (Photo: Magda Gouma)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/kelly.jpgDarragh Kelly in Duchess of Malfi, 1984 (Photo: Barney Spender)Darragh Kelly backstage during Declan Hughes' production of The Duchess of Malfi, DU Players 1984 (Photo: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/maynooth.jpgmaynoothSometimes stout was called upon to relieve the stress of studenthood. Roddy Gibson (right) and Barney Spender (centre) joined by Donald Clarrke in Maynooth 1985 (Photo: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/letts.jpgletts2016-11-08T15:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2016/02/17/oh-my-sherif/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/othman5.jpgOthman5https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sherifothman.jpgSherif+Othmanhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/othman2.jpgOthman2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/151210113506430_powerliftingworldcuplogos.jpg151210113506430_Powerlifting+World+Cup+logos2016-09-06T15:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/10/26/this-band-of-brothers-and-sisters/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-branagh.jpgAgincourt BranaghKenneth Branagh's Henry fires up his troopshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-map.jpgAgincourt MapHenry's route from Harfleur to Agincourt (www.agincourt600.com)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-boots.jpgAgincourt bootsThese boots aren't made for walkin' (Photo: Maaike Buurman)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt2.jpgAgincourt2A new plaque was unveiled at Agincourt to commemorate the fallen of both sides (Photo: B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt4.jpgAgincourt4Detained by police on suspicion of being a terrorist, Maaike Buurman successfullly arrived at Agincourt for the commemorations (Photo; B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-8.jpgAgincourt 8Sarge, Llewellyn Red, Sir Nicholas and Mistress Ann (Photo: B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-7.jpgAgincourt 7https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-5.jpgAgincourt 5The killing fields of Agincourt (Photo: B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/agincourt-1.jpgAgincourt 1"Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland..." (Photo: B Spender)2015-10-30T19:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/09/19/farewell-to-the-king-of-the-sporting-lens/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/greenwich-by-mike-king.jpgGreenwich by Mike King"Snap of my day. Clouds from Greenwich Park on a long exposure." Mike King, October 19, 2014https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mike-king.jpgMike King (Photo: Charlie Sanders)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mike-king-national.jpgGrand National 2001 (copyright Mike King)Mike's favourite photo: so many stories going on in this image of the 2001 Grand National (Photo: Mike King)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mike-king-rowing0.jpegRowers on the Thamas (copyright Estate of Mike King)An example of Mike's vision. A stunning photo of rowers at Hampton in 1991. (Photo: Mike King)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mike-king-maradona.jpegDiego Maradona at the 1990 World Cup (copyright the estate of Mike King)Odd man out: Diego Maradona catches the camera before taking on the USSR at Italia '90. ((Photo: Mike King)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mike-king-klinsman.jpegJuergen Klinsmann (copyright estate of Mike King)West Germany striker Juergen Klinsmann takes a tumble during the 1990 World Cup final (Photo: Mike King)2015-10-02T20:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/06/04/stallings-takes-on-the-men-for-oxford-poetry-chair/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/athens-insider.jpegAthens Insiderhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ae-stallings6.jpgae-stallings6https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/olives_stallings.jpgOlives_Stallingshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stallings5.jpgStallings5The demands of being one of America's top poets: signing at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stallings4.jpgStallings4https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a-e-stallings.jpga-e-stallingshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stallings3.jpgStallings3AE Stallings reading to a packed house at Rhodes House, Oxford, June 3 2015 (Photo: Julian Baird Gewitz)2015-06-07T10:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/05/26/book-review-running-and-stuff-by-james-adams/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/james-adams-2.jpgJames Adams 2James Adams kissing the feet of Leonidas at the end of the 2012 Spartathlon (Photo: runningandstuff.com)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/james-adams-001.jpgJames Adams 0012015-05-26T10:37:21+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/05/14/blood-sweat-boil-and-beers/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hackney5.jpgHackney5https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hackney4.jpgHackney Half-Marathon 2015 - Barney Spender's blister (Photo: Barney Spender)My Right Foot... https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hackney3.jpgHackney Half-Marathon 2015: Barney Spender and Glenn Johnston await the start (Photo: Roddy Gibson)Barney Spender and Glenn Johnston await the start (Photo: Roddy Gibson)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hackney2.jpgHackney Half-Marathon 2015: Barney Spender finishes (Photo: Roddy Gibson)To finish is a good feeling (Photo: Roddy Gibson)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hackney1.jpgHackney Half-Marathon 2015: celebratory beers for Glenn Johnston and Barney Spender ((Photo: Roddy Gibson)The best reward (Photo: Roddy Gibson)2015-05-14T09:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/04/28/running-for-digger-fighting-cancer/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/running-for-digger.jpgRUNNING FOR DIGGERhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aicr-logo-new.jpgaicr-logo-newhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/barney-run.jpgBarney run2015-05-06T19:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/02/25/tsagarakis-has-designs-on-the-parthenon-marbles/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tsagarakis3.jpgTsagarakis has Designs on the Parthenon MarblesCopyright: Spyridon Tsagarakis, George Katsanakishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tsagarakis2.jpgTsagarakis has Designs on the Parthenon MarblesCopyright: Spyridon Tsagarakis, George Katsanakishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lady-gaga-2.jpgTsagarakis has Designs on Parthenon MarblesLady Gaga on a visit to Athens in 2014 wearing a Tsagarakis creation (Photo: Spyridon Tsagarakis)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/parthenon-tsagarakis-3.jpgParthenon Tsagarakis 3https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/parthenon-tsagarakis-crop.jpgParthenon Tsagarakis cropArtwear by Spyridon Tsagarkis: photographed at the Parthenon in Athens by George Katsanakis, 2014 Copyright: George Katsanakishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/parthenon-tsagarakis.jpgParthenon Tsagarakishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/elgin-marbles66.jpgelgin-marbles66Some of the marbles removed from the Parthenon by Elgin. Note the folds in the dress and how they match those of Tsagarakishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/7th_earl_of_elgin_by_anton_graff_around_1788.jpg7th_Earl_of_Elgin_by_Anton_Graff_around_17887th Earl of Elgin by Anton Graff around 1788, before his looting of the Parthenon beganhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/byron-in-albanian-costume.jpgByron-in-Albanian-CostumeByron in Albanian Dress by Thomas Phillips, circa 18352015-03-16T11:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2015/02/14/notes-from-the-mountaintop/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wine.jpgWineThe stalls for sandwiches, beer and hot wine all do a brisk trade post-competition (Photo: Barney Spender 2015)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mountain.jpgmountainhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/signpost.jpgsignposthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/waxing.jpgwaxingCareful preparation goes into the waxing of the skis before any cross-country event (Photo: Barney Spender 2015)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/skijump.jpgskijumpThe black and white photo on the left was taken by my grandfather Arthur Edmund Spender at the Holmenkollen Games in 1900. The picture on the right was taken by me at the 2015 Universiade. The difference in the methods and kit are as striking as the way we takes photos. (Photos: Arthur Edmund Spender/Barney Spender) https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/norwayski.jpgNorwaySkiJurgen Grav (right of picture) with some of his Norwegian teammates and staff (Photo: Barney Spender 2015)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jump.jpgJumphttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/randy-gibbs-2.jpgRandy Gibbs 2Randy Gibbs: waxer to the stars and an excellent consultant (Photo: noahhoffman.com)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fiona-hughes.jpgFiona Hugheshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/universiade.pnguniversiade2015-02-16T14:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/10/20/in-a-corner-of-a-foreign-field/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/saulx.jpgSAULXhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/boeing.jpgBoeingThe aftermath of that July afternoonhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/acidente_boeing_707_paris1.jpgacidente_boeing_707_paris1The fireman faced an inferno inside the cabin. Amazingly, one passenger did survivehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/comandante-gilberto-araujo-da-silva.jpgComandante-Gilberto-Araujo-da-SilvaFlight captain Gilberto Araujo da Silvahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/varig-820.jpgVArig 820https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/malfi-girls.jpgMalfi girlsThe Malfi Girls in the dressing room: (L-R) Mary McGuckian, Anne Enright, Amy Corcoran (Photo: Barney Spender) https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/crash-2-e1413777362846.jpgCrash 2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/crash-tree1-e1413777424829.jpgCrash treehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/crash-tree.jpgCrash treehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/varig.jpgvarigVarig 820 smouldering in the fields 2014-10-22T07:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/10/06/long-days-journey-into-night-and-back-into-day-again/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/spartans.jpgSpartansThe Spartans arrive to pay tribute to Leonidas (Photo: Spartathlon) https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/magda.jpgMagdaMagda Gouma is one if the most willing workers in the world with a million euro smile - just don't get between her and her coffee (Photo: B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thehatguy.jpgTheHatGuyThe Hat Guy (Photo: Maria Samolada)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/terzi-walk.jpgTERZI WALKhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pinnington-feet.jpgPINNINGTON FEETNick Papageorge nurses Rob Pinnington's feet at the halfway point in Nemeahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pinnington-and-papageorge.jpgpinnington and papageorgehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/peloponnese.jpgPeloponnesehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/karnazes-nails.jpgkarnazes nailshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cocktail-dress-lady.jpgCocktail dress ladyCocktail Dress Lady (Photo: Spartathlon)2014-10-06T22:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/07/17/book-review-ultra-marathon-man-confessions-of-an-all-night-runner-by-dean-karnazes/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/badwater-127-degrees-300x199.jpgBadwater-127-degrees-300x199Dean Karnazes has won Badwater but is entering the Spartathlon for he first timehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ultramarathon-man.jpgultramarathon-man2014-07-25T09:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/05/21/book-review-malcolm-is-a-little-unwell-by-malcolm-brabant/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/brabant_athens.jpgbrabant pathenon.jpgMalcolm Brabant on duty as the BBC's Athens correspondenthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mbrabant.jpgMBrabanthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/brabant_sarajevo.jpgBrabant_Sarajevohttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/malcolm_brabant.pngMalcolm_Brabanthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/brabant.pngBrabantOn the way back: Malcolm Brabant with his wife Trine Villeman2014-07-16T06:16:45+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/07/13/the-room/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/rayby-carla.jpgRayby CarlaRay Wolf A sketch of her grandmother by Carla Mackinnon (©Carla Mackinnon)2014-07-13T22:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/07/08/obituary-ray-wolf-1914-2014/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ray-wolf-3-001.jpgRay Wolf 3 001Great-grandmotherhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ray-wolf-2-001.jpgRay Wolf 2 001Ray and Simmy fell in love with the balcony of their first flat and failed to notice it didn't have a kitchenhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/marriage-of-figaro1938.jpgMarriage of Figaro1938https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ray-wolf-spender-2.jpgRay Wolf (Spender) 2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ray-wolf-spender-1.jpgRay Wolf (Spender) 12014-09-25T07:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/06/09/the-tragedy-of-tregonhawke-bay/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/whitsandlifesavers.jpgWhitsandLifesaversThe Whitsand Surf and Life Saving Club at the Spender Memorial (Photo: The Club)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wmn.pngWMNhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1280px-pinaforeplaybill.jpg1280px-PinaforeplaybillTwo weeks before Spender went down to Plymouth, HMS Pinafore opened in Londonhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/edwardspenderfjords2.jpgedwardspenderfjords2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/edwardspenderfjords.jpgEdwardSpenderFjordshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/whitsandsbay.jpgWhitsandsBayWhitsands Bay is one of the most attractive beaches in Britain, an attractive place to while away a summer's afternoonhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/edwardspendermemorial.jpgEdwardSpenderMemorialhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/edwardspendermemorial2.jpgEdwardSpenderMemorial2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/edwardspender_2.jpgEdwardSpender_(2)Edward Spender was a highly successful newspaperman at the time of his death in 18782023-02-15T16:36:01+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/04/22/bastareaud-comes-of-age-at-toulon/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/umaga-and-wilkinsonl.jpgUmaga and WilkinsonlTana Umaga and Jonny Wilkinson: two of the biggest influences on Bastereaudhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/basta-2009.jpgStade Francais rugby player Bastareaud attends a news conference in ParisThe 2009 tour to New Zealand saw the teenage Bastareaud break into the French team but that was followed by a "diplomatic incident"https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/basta.jpgBASTAhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/basta-giteau.jpgBasta GiteauYing and Yang: former Wallaby international Matt Giteau has formed a potent centre pairing with Bastareaud at Toulon https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/basta-2.jpgbasta 22014-04-22T09:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/04/11/top-tips-for-the-london-marathon/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/london-marathon-2003-5-001.jpgLondon Marathon 2003 5 001The end is a wonderful thinghttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/london-marathon-2003-1-001.jpgLondon Marathon 2003 1 001It hurts but it is worth it: every broken toenail, every chafed nipplehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/haile-gebrselassie-2002-001.jpgHaile Gebrselassie 2002 001Haile Gebrselassie giving some good advice to a first-time marathonerhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tulu-e1397222254616.jpgTuluDerartu Tulu: a great champion off the road as well as on it https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mo-farah.jpgMo FarahMo Farah will be leading the way in this year's London Marathon2014-04-12T10:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/02/19/book-review-calon-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-welsh-rugby-by-owen-sheers/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/leigh-halfpenny.jpgleigh halfpennyLeigh Halfpenny; practised kicking with his grandfatherhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alex-cuthbert.jpg????????Alex Cuthbert's first-half try set Wales on the road to a revenge win over France which secured them the 2012 Grand Slamhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wales-6-nations.jpgRugby Union - RBS 6 Nations Championship 2012 - Wales v France - Millennium StadiumSweet victory for Wales captain Sam Warburtonhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wales-dejection.jpgWales dejectionSheers picks up the story just after Wales lost to France in the semi-final of the 2011 Rorld Cuphttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/calon.jpgCALONhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/calan1-e1392290376776.jpgCalan1https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/calan.jpgCalan2014-02-19T02:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/10/01/not-so-quiet-on-the-western-front/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/clipstone.jpgClipstoneReg Carter's postcard take on life at Clipstone Camphttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nomansland.jpgnomanslandNo Man's Landhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/q-70164-still-from-film-of-the-battle-of-the-somme_-sequence-31-the-attack-first-stage.jpgQ-70164-Still-from-film-of-the-Battle-of-the-Somme_-Sequence-31-The-Attack-First-stageThe whistle blows and the officer leads his men into the teeth of the German machine gunshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/350px-queensland_team_1899.jpg350px-Queensland_team_1899The Queensland team that beat the 1899 British Isles tourists. Arthur Corfe (standing, second from right) was then picked to play for Australia. https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/x.jpgXFelix points the way to where X marks the spot on RG Cookson's wartime map (©Felix Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/thiepval.jpgTHIEPVALThe brick red grandeur of the Thiepval Memorial where the names of 72,191 soldiers with no known grafve are rememberedhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rwk-badge-2.jpgRwk badge 2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/st-mary-cray-station.jpgst-mary-cray-stationhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rg-cookson-s-down-battalion-1915.jpgRG Cookson, S Down Battalion, 1915The South Down Battalion at Cooden Park, Bexhill in February. Lance Corporal Cookson fourth from the left. (c Cookson family archive) https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/somme-map.jpgSomme MapX marks the spot where Grandpa Cookson lost his right eye but escaped with his life (© Cookson family archive)2024-12-01T12:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/02/14/book-review-life-by-keith-richards/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/keith-richards.jpgKeith RichardsKeith Richards being Keith Richardshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/keith-richards-life-cover.pngKeith Richards Life coverhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/richards-jagger.jpgRichards JaggerJagger and Richards: they may argue and fight but they they remain as close as brothershttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/keith-richards-johnny-depp.pngKeith Richards Johnny DeppPirates of the Caribbean: Keith Richards has made Jamaica home which made it an obvious step to feature alongside Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow's dad2014-02-14T15:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/02/10/bonnes-nouvelles-for-bonneval/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/murphy-rugby.jpgMurphy rugbyNoel and Kenny Murphy are another father-son international combination with the added twist that Noel's father also played for Irelandhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eric-bonneval.jpgEric BonnevalEric Bonneval in flighthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hugo-bonneval.jpgHugo BonnevalHugo Bonneval plunges over the line for France's third try in their 30-10 win over Italy at the Stade de France2014-02-10T01:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/02/03/the-winter-games-through-a-victorian-lens/2014-02-08T13:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/06/12/greek-government-chooses-wrong-target-in-closing-down-state-broadcaster-ert/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/melina.pngMelinaMelina Mercouri holding court in Never on a Sunday2014-01-30T17:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/07/30/crazy-horse-and-uwe-too/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/syd-nimes-001.jpgSyd Nimes 001The arena in Nimes (Sydney Spender 2013)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rustfest-cake-2012.jpgRustfest cake 2012https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rustfest-2012.jpgRustfest 2012The faithful gather at Torredembarra for the 3rd Spanish RustFest in 2012https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_01511.jpgIMG_0151[1]Neil Young in Nimes (Photo: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_01471.jpgIMG_0147[1]Neil, Billy and Poncho jamming like teenagershttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_01441.jpgIMG_0144[1]Patti Smith lighting up the evening in Nimes (Photo: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_01351.jpgIMG_0135[1]https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_01211.jpgIMG_0121[1]The first four in line outside the arena in Nimes; 7Uwe has the white hair (Photo: Barney Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_01501.jpgIMG_0150[1]Neil Young and Crazy Horse in full gallop at the Roman Arena in Nimes (Photo; Barney Spender 2013)2014-01-23T13:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2014/01/08/hi-its-harvey-keitel-here/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/keitel-phone-3.jpgKeitel phone (3)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/keitel-phone-e1389128964209.jpgKeitel phonehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/reservoir_dogs_sunglasses.jpgreservoir_dogs_sunglasseshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/u-571_movie.jpgU-571_moviehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/u-571-2000-04-g.jpgu-571-2000-04-gThe crew of S-33 gearing up for U-571 https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/skylines-2000-001.jpgSkylines 2000 001The Millennium issue of Skylines which featured Harvey Keitel. The cover design was specially commissioned from Osnat Lippa and shows 100 of the most influential people of the 20th centuryhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/skylines-2000-whos-who-001.jpgSkylines 2000 who's who 001https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/harvey-keitel-001.jpgHarvey Keitel 001Harvey Keitel by George Taylor, 1999 2014-01-08T15:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/06/14/my-big-fat-greek-golf-movie/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/manos-gavras.jpgManos Gavrashttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/renosharalambidis.jpgRenosHaralambidisAthens-based Renos Haralambidis plays Panyiotis who has the awkward task of making the golf club run smoothly in the face of ever increasing problemshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/swing-away-kampmann.jpgSwing Away KampmannSteven Kampmann battling with the rough at Crete Golf Club on a fact-finding mission for Swing Awayhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hole6.jpgCrete Golf Club - hole 6Swing Away will be shot at Crete Golf Club in the autumn2014-01-08T15:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/06/20/georges-greek-golf-dream/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-malcolm-mcdowell.jpgGolf Malcolm McDowellNo problem with the shoulder massage but could Malcolm McDowell get a decent cup of tea when filming Golf in the Kingdom?https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-girl-poster.jpgGolf Swing Away girl posterhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-gs4.jpgGolf Swing Away GS4George Stephanopoulos, producer of Swing Awayhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-gs3.jpgGeorge Stephanopouloshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-gs-and-sk.jpgGolf Swing Away GS and SKhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-sk-1.jpgGolf Swing Away SK 1Kampmann launches forth at the Crete Golf Clubhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-gs-and-sk-kazantzakis.jpgGolf Swing Away GS and Sk Kazantzakishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-gs-2.jpgGolf Swing Away GS 2https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golf-swing-away-gs-1.jpgGolf Swing Away GS 1Searching for his inner zen at Crete Golf Clubhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00950.jpgDSC009502014-01-08T15:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/06/30/kampmann-shooting-high-with-swing-away/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/steven-kampmann-1.jpgSteven Kampmann 1Steven Kampmann: "Golf is a comfort zone for me, I know how to shoot it"https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golftherapycover.jpggolftherapycover2014-01-08T15:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/08/08/mickelson-inspires-ohurley-to-swing-away/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/479f9-peterman.jpg479f9-peterman2014-01-08T15:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/12/06/invictus-nelson-mandela-and-the-1995-rwc/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nelson-mandela.jpgNelson-Mandelahttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/40.jpg40Joel Stransky drops the goal that wins the 1995 Rugby World Cuphttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mandela02.jpgmandela02https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mandela_1542381c.jpgMandela_1542381cThe real Mandela congratulates the real Pienaarhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/imagescacdlgwu.jpgimagesCACDLGWUhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bs-and-pienaar.jpgBS and PienaarFrancois Pienaar giving an interview to Barney Spender during the build-up to the 1995 World Cup (Photo: Grant Leversha)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/alg-invictus-jpg.jpgalg-invictus-jpgMorgan Freeman's Mandela congratulates Matt Damon's Pienaar after South Africa's victory in the 1995 RWC final2022-06-15T22:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/10/23/developing-the-right-image/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/corbis-42-18324957.jpgStacked Office ChairsStacked Office Chairs --- Image by © Richard Morrell/Corbishttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/richard-morrell-pangbourne-1980-001.jpgRichard Morrell Pangbourne 1980 001Richard Morrell at Pangbourne in the summer of 1980https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/joe-elliott-def-leppard.jpgJoe Elliott Def LeppardJoe Elliott of Def Leppard (Angus Thomas Photography)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rowing-1981.jpgRowing 1981The 1981 Pangbourne College First VIII: Angus Thomas is kneeling secnd from left next to James Witter who would go on to win a Blue for Cambridgehttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/angusthomas2.jpgAngusThomas2The snapper snapped: Angus Thomas at the end of a shoothttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/angusthomas.jpgAngusThomasAngus Thomas: sensible family man and sought-after snapperhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/thatcher-by-newton.jpgthatcher-by-newtonHelmut Newton's study of Margaret Thatcher https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pangbourne_logo.pngPangbourne_logo"Bravely and faithfully"https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nadia-comaneci-olympics-1976-swide-07.jpgnadia-comaneci-olympics-1976-swide-07Nadia Comaneci swept all before her in the 1976 Olympics including our schoolboy hearts https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pangbourne-college.jpgPangbourne CollegePangbourne College: the imposing Devitt Housewas home to Harbinger and a young Angus Thomas2013-11-26T07:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/11/26/book-review-1915-the-death-of-innocence/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1915-death-innocence-lyn-macdonald-paperback-cover-art.jpg1915-death-innocence-lyn-macdonald-paperback-cover-art2013-11-27T10:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/11/21/would-the-real-bob-dylan-please-stand-up/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_07601.jpgIMG_0760[1]https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_07571.jpgIMG_0757[1]Bob Dylan at the pianohttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_07531.jpgIMG_0753[1]Full of expectation, waiting for His Bobnesshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_07561.jpgIMG_0756[1]https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/grand-rex.jpgGrand Rexhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bob-dylan-grand-rex.jpgbob-dylan-grand-rex2013-11-21T12:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/11/14/a-tragical-incident-mit-ze-glorious-josef-stalin/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gipa.jpgGIPAThe students at GIPA. Judith Prescott is third from the right.https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-ladies.jpgStalin ladieshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-house.jpgStalin houseThis is allegedly the house where Ioseb Yugashvili was born in 1878. Stalin's father was a cobbler who worked in the basement.https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-chair.jpgStalin chairEven tyrants need their comfy chairhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-deathmask.jpgStalin deathmaskStalin's death mask - in the museum at Gori (Photo: B Spender)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-bed.jpgStalin bed...and this is THE bed where little Joe was born, so they say. The family only had the one room upstairs - enough to turn anyone into a communisthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-3.jpgStalin 3Lenin and Stalin - the fathers of the Revolution and the USSRhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-1.jpgStalin 1Stalin's statue was removed just after our visit in 2010https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stalin-2.jpgStalin 2Josef Stalin keeping watch over the people of Gori2013-11-25T15:28:47+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/10/13/pistol-pete-the-greatest-greek-on-court/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sampras-wim.gifsampras WimSampras winning Wimbledon for a record seventh time in 2000https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/youngsampras12.jpgyoungsampras12https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/samprasvomit.jpgsamprasVomitIt ain't pretty but it works; Sampras clears the system before returning to the courthttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sampras-parents.jpgSampras parentsSampras' parents Georgia and Sammy applaud as Pistol Pete beats Pat Rafter in the 2000 Wimbedon finalhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pete-sampras-1990-us-open.jpgpete-sampras-1990-us-openAt 19, Sampras became the youngest ever winner of the US Open. Agassi (with hair) looks appalledhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/3518694737_greece_tennis_pete_samprasx-large.jpgPete SamprasSampras in Athens for the first time in 2007 (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sampras1.jpgsampras1High-flying Pete Sampras won 14 Grand Slam titles in a stellar career2013-10-13T10:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2012/09/24/goodbye-mr-chaps/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/norris-2-e1348479811523.jpgNORRIS 2Richard Norris, wearing his Oxford University jersey, already a GB internationalhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/richard-norris.jpgRichard-NorrisRichard Norris; a fine hockey player, an excellent manhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/norris-hn.jpgTeh GB hockey team that won bronze at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/norris-dodds.jpgNorris DoddsNorris with Richards Dodds, captain of the GB side that won Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988. Norris was amused some years later to discover that the orthopedic surgeon who fixed his knee was none other than Dodds.https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/norris-e-first-cap.jpgNorris E first caphttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/norris.jpgnorrisRichard Norris, complete with Oxford University jersey, proflied in Hockey News2015-06-22T18:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2012/07/04/tragedy-spurs-price-to-write/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/silly-solar-system1.jpgSilly Solar Systemhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kevin-price-at-waterstones-canterbury2.jpgKevin Price at Waterstone's, CanterburyKevin Price reading and signing his books at Waterstone's, Canterburyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kevin-price-at-waterstones-canterbury1.jpgKevin Price at Waterstone's, CanterburyKevin Price reading and signing his books at Waterstone's, Canterburyhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pangbourne-college-1st-xi-19811.jpgPangbourne College 1st XI, 1981https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/61b-24ibvil1.jpg61b-24IbViLThe Beauty Contest at the Zoo has now sold over 10,000 copies and is into a third print run2013-10-09T19:53:47+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/09/12/the-peculiar-case-of-the-submariner-pig/2022-03-11T15:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/09/24/book-review-the-final-whistle/2013-09-26T20:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/09/03/do-you-like-poetry/2013-09-06T09:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/05/04/van-gogh-and-the-iranian-freedom-fighters/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/persian-palace-001.jpgPersian Palace 001Not quite van Gogh but roughly what this is how the forbidden photo lookedhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc00246.jpgDSC00246https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc00251.jpgDSC00251https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc00249.jpgDSC00249https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc00248.jpgDSC00248https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc00216.jpgDSC00216https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shah_farah_leave.jpgShah_Farah_LeaveThe Shah and Empress Farah shortly before leaving Iran in 1979 during the height of the Iranian revolution.https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/478px-vincent_willem_van_gogh_102.jpg478px-Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_102Van Gogh's last self-portrait, sent to his mother as a gift2013-07-05T07:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/06/17/mottled-greens-and-hoopoes-in-glyfada/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/long_way_to_the_putt_golf.pnglong_way_to_the_putt_golfNot the easiest of greens in Glyfada,; that pin seems an awfully long way awayhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/barney_putting-golf.pngbarney_putting golfAnother Spender putt slides past the pin - by about 20 metreshttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bob_simpson_golf.pngBob_Simpson_golfWith the ease and grace of a slightly older Justin Rose, Bob Simpson tees off in Glyfada2013-06-17T07:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://barneyspender.com/2013/06/05/on-the-low-highway-with-steve-earle/https://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/trianon-facade2.jpgtrianon-facade2Le Trianon, Paris. 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Spenderhttps://barneyspender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/calexico2.jpgCalexico2The brass section gets to work in Massy. 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