Riding High
Simon Craig discovers that drug abuse in professional sport goes back more than a hundred years.
Sport
The War Games of Central Italy
Raymond E Role explores the evolution of the intramural games that began in the Middle Ages and still flourish in Italy today.
Fever Pitch, 1909
Simon Craig discusses the long-term feud between the Scottish football teams Celtic and Rangers and a rare episode ninety years ago, when fans from both sides united against the authorities.
Mysterious Muscovites: Moscow Dynamo's British Tour, 1945
Ronald Kowalski and Dilwyn Porter place a famous series of football matches into the context of sports history, politics and international relations.
The Cold War and the Olympics
From the recognition of East Germany to the banishment of Taiwan and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, diplomatic disputes dogged the Olympics throughout the Cold War.
Opening of the London Olympics
Richard Cavendish remembers the opening of the ‘Austerity Olympics’ on 29 July 1948.
Death of Tom Cribb
Richard Cavendish remembers the death of a prizefighter, on May 11th 1848
The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
Richard Cavendish sniffs hallowed turf and delves into real tennis history at Wimbledon's Museum.
The British Golf Museum
Richard Cavendish examines the history of the British Golf Museum.
People's Park, Berkeley
The history of the controversy over People's Park in Berkeley CA is discussed. The 1960s saw the beginnings of the health consciousness movement - natural food, exercise, relaxation.