Good Enough
Date:
02-07-2010
Author:
Nigel Hopper
'You can do anything if you put your mind to it' - so goes the popular wisdom when it comes to stimulating ambition and concentrated effort. And very inspiring it can be too...
Connecting with Culture: Sport
Welcome to the Sport section of the ‘Connecting with Culture’ online article library. All the articles in this category are listed below, beginning with the one most recently added. You can search the entire category using the search facility below. Remember, every week a new ‘Connecting with Culture’ article is added to the online library, so it’s well worth visiting frequently.
Winning and Losing
Date:
22-08-2008
Author:
Paul Valler
Were you screaming encouragement at the TV last Saturday, urging the British men’s coxless four to rowing gold in Beijing? There is something mildly addictive about the Olympics. Perhaps it’s the athletes’ aspiration to, and demonstration of, excellence that stirs something noble in our souls. Only the hardest of hearts could be unmoved by th...
We was robbed
Date:
23-11-2007
Author:
Nigel Hopper
It has been a bad week for any football-loving family. First, they’re hit with the news that HM Revenue & Customs has lost two CDs containing personal data such as their names, dates of birth and bank account details, along with those of the other 25 million British citizens who receive Child Benefit. Then, they have to watch in horror and disbel...
Making a Difference
Date:
20-09-2007
Author:
Brian Draper
Q: What does the man who has everything want?
The Business of Football
Date:
24-05-2007
Author:
Brian Draper
We all know that British football ceased being just ‘the beautiful game’ some time back – at least in the top flight, when the Premiership became a competition (or lack of it) between the richest PLCs in the sport. Rarely, however, has a football ‘financier’ been as frank as Tom Hicks, the Texan billionaire who recently completed a levera...
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