Tag: Sport research guide AudioA game for Christmas: Football on the Western Front, December 1914?Tuesday 23 December 2014Any mention of football and the First World War will evoke the Christmas Truce...AudioThey gave the crowd plenty fun: West Indian cricket and its relationship with the British-resident Caribbean DiasporaFriday 6 December 2013‘They gave the crowd plenty fun’ is a lucid study of the impact of...AudioWriter of the month: Suddenly, all roads led to Munich, 1936 – why I wrote Winter GamesFriday 20 September 2013Rachel Johnson discusses the writing of Winter Games. Rachel is a columnist, bestselling novelist...AudioNo (inter)sex please, we’re OlympiansThursday 18 July 2013The treatment of Caster Semenya, the South African athlete whose victory in the 800m...AudioThe Final Whistle: the Great War in 15 players – a London rugby club at war 1914-1918Friday 8 March 2013A missing war memorial first inspired a quest to discover club members who fell...AudioFrom wheelchair polo to winning professionals: the history of the ParalympicsFriday 7 September 2012Today, the Paralympics is a showcase of professional, top-level athletic achievement. Like the able-bodied...AudioEdwardian rollerskatingTuesday 3 July 2012Between 1908 and 1912 interest in roller skating rose, boomed and declined. Influences on...AudioThe Olympic RecordTuesday 15 May 2012Sarah Hutton, records specialist at The National Archives, said: ‘These files show the impact...AudioWhen sport meets the lawThursday 5 April 2012This talk uses records of the law courts and government departments to describe the...AudioWomen, darts and the pub in the interwar periodFriday 4 June 2010Dart historian Patrick Chaplin offers a surprising insight into the role of women in...AudioColin Jackson: my journey into the pastTuesday 28 November 2006As part of The National Archives Caribbean Family History Day, Colin Jackson CBE, world...
