Andrew Jeptha, a Bibliographic Boxing Champion
From 1985 to 2010, the celebrated boxing historian Barry Hugman edited the Annual British Boxing...
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Month: June 2018
America and the Victorians: The Birth of a Transatlantic Leisure Culture
Presented by: Bob Nicholson At the start of Victoria’s reign, the United States had a muted...
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On This Week in Sport History ~11th June 2018 ~ Fencing
11th June Born on this day in 1881 in Paris – Alexandre Auguste Lippmann. He competed in the...
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Playing in heeled shoes in Milan and winning Olympic medals in London ~ some new discoveries about the pioneers of Italian women’s football
After the first two Italian-language academic articles (summarised in the Playing Pasts article:...
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From Great Exhibition to Department Stores: A Victorian Spectacle
Presented by: Janice Li As the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace opened in 1851, it brought a...
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