Mike Huggins

Going to the Dogs

Mike Huggins revisits the early years of British greyhound racing, the smart modern sports craze of interwar Britain.

Published April 12 2006

Oop for t’ Coop: Sporting Identity in Britain

Mike Huggins investigates the origins of Britain’s morass of sporting rivalries.

Published April 20 2005

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.