No sport please, I’m a socialist
Yazan: Sara | 20 February 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Labour, sport
On the whole, I’ve tried to stay clear of all the class war rhetoric. It seems clear to me that most Tories were not educated at Eton and that very few Labour voters are sons of coal miners. So it’s irritating and amusing in equal measures when supporters of either party play their stereotyped role. [...]
Why Matt's the only gay in the Olympic village
Yazan: sarabedford | 18 April 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: equality, Olympics, sport, swimming
Last August, I switched on to watch the diving finals from Beijing’s Water Cube to see if 14 year old Tom Daley could make history. Of course he was too far behind to make a move on the medal positions, but he was, by his own admission, completely upstaged by Australian Matthew Mitcham, Going into [...]
Yes, I'm watching – but is the Queen?
Yazan: sarabedford | 16 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Olympics, shoes, swimming, the Queen
As a competitive swimmer in my youth, albeit of a much lower standard, I’ve stayed up to watch Becky Adlington win her second gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle. Just superb! Not only did she finish a long way ahead of the silver medallist, she also took more than two seconds off the oldest world [...]
