Author: Mike Huggins

How Many Flat race Jockeys Were There in 1861?

Posted by Mike Huggins | Feb 28, 2022 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Equestrian, Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0

Some time ago I was asked by a racing friend who saw me as an expert on racing’s history, if I...

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Animals, Humans and Sport in Eighteenth-century England

Posted by Mike Huggins | May 17, 2021 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Canine Sport, Equestrian, Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

Those of us who write books love positive reviews, but it is often the criticisms that are far...

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Eighteenth-Century Tavern Tribulations

Posted by Mike Huggins | May 25, 2020 | Archival Research, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], General, Sport & Leisure History | 0

During lockdown I’ve started work on my next book on sport and English culture in the eighteenth...

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Proto-modernity and Sport in Britain

Posted by Mike Huggins | May 22, 2020 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Consumerism, General, Leisure, Playing Pasts Publications, Playing Pasts: edited Volume 2020, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics | 0

Please cite this article as: Huggins, M. Proto-modernity and Sport in Britain, In Day, D. (ed),...

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The Arcane World of Working-class Canary Breeding in Victorian Britain

Posted by Mike Huggins | Feb 10, 2020 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Leisure, The Great Outdoors | 0

When I was a boy, quite a few coal miners in the pit rows of County Durham kept canaries. Canaries...

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