Book review – sporting history
Anyone for eel-pulling?
Scholarship for its own sake has rather gone out of fashion, although I’m sure Spectator readers would be the last…
When boxing ruled the world
The early 1970s was a good time for heavyweight boxing. Indeed, it was probably the last truly great age for…
Banned – and booming: the strange world of Chinese golf
I was in Shanghai interviewing a Chinese film director and an actor. We were discussing government censorship. How did anyone…
