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Tag Archives: Olympic Games

2016 Politician of the Year (living)
Politics

2016 Politician of the Year (living)

Posted on 31 December 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

Will the real Mr Brexit please stand up? Continue reading →

‘Seagrove will run’: The Oympian I knew
History / Sport

‘Seagrove will run’: The Oympian I knew

Posted on 17 October 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 14 Comments

He won Olympic medals, helped create the Commonwealth Games and, er, taught ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 8: David Bond
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 8: David Bond

Posted on 20 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

PAUL SAFFER on a champion so obscure that even his workmates didn’t know he’d won gold. Continue reading →

Pick of the pops: A Song for Jeremy
Culture / Politics

Pick of the pops: A Song for Jeremy

Posted on 16 August 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

It’s a new generation calling with a message to you. Barnet’s tribute to Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 7: David Cecil
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 7: David Cecil

Posted on 16 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • 1 Comment

PAUL SAFFER’s series continues with a hurdler fictionalized in Chariots of Fire. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 6: Hugh Edwards and Lewis Clive
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 6: Hugh Edwards and Lewis Clive

Posted on 15 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

From the Bullingdon Club to the International Brigade – PAUL SAFFER on a coxless pair. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 5: 3rd Earl of Kimberley
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 5: 3rd Earl of Kimberley

Posted on 12 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • 8 Comments

PAUL SAFFER on the polo-playing missing link between Bertie Wooster and Winston Churchill. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 4: Arnold Jackson
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 4: Arnold Jackson

Posted on 10 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • 6 Comments

PAUL SAFFER on a war hero, Versailles negotiator and founder of the Kentucky Derby, who also won 1500m gold. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 3: City of London Police
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 3: City of London Police

Posted on 9 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • 5 Comments

PAUL SAFFER celebrates a team of flat-footed Edwardian tuggers. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 2: CBK Beachcroft
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 2: CBK Beachcroft

Posted on 7 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • 4 Comments

Continuing his salute to forgotten British Olympic heroes, PAUL SAFFER remembers a cricketing comedian. Continue reading →

Obscure Olympians 1: Launceston Elliot
History / Sport

Obscure Olympians 1: Launceston Elliot

Posted on 4 August 2016 by Paul Saffer • 8 Comments

In the first of a new series, PAUL SAFFER salutes a weightlifting, rope-climbing, sprinting holder of the British discus record. Continue reading →

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