20th July 201028th September 2023gymnastics, Olympics, summer Olympic sports Die Turnhalle: Britain’s first gymnasium The German Gymnasium, originally known as Die Turnhalle, is believed to have been the first purpose built gymnasium in Britain. Designed by […]
3rd June 20102nd October 2023Folk, Olympics Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olympicks – 400 years and counting Updated 22 Feb 2012 Whether your passion is the Five Mile Run, the Championship of the Hill or the British Shin Kicking […]
20th May 201028th September 2023Olympics, Paralympics 2012 mascots celebrate Much Wenlock & Stoke Mandeville So LOCOG has unveiled Wenlock and Mandeville, its (first?) mascots. Described as having been “created from the last drops of steel left […]
24th April 201028th September 2023athletics, Olympics London’s historic marathons The London Marathon is now established as one of the world’s premiere elite marathons. It is also probably one of the biggest […]
4th February 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports, tennis Scotland’s first winner of a tennis major On the morning that Andy Murray unsuccessfully contested his second tennis major final in Melbourne in 2010, the Independent on Sunday ran […]
15th January 201025th January 2024ice hockey, Olympics, skating, winter Olympic sports Prince’s, Knightsbridge: the first Olympic ice-sport venue This week’s tragic earthquake in Haiti appears to have prompted a tweet from London 2012 linking to a web page that reminds […]
1st November 200928th September 2023museums, Olympics Our Sporting Life – a 2012 initiative from Britain’s sporting museums a search for the sporting memories, heroes, objects, photographs and experiences that have inspired the nation
9th October 200928th September 2023Olympics From Olympia to Tilehurst, Reading English antiquarian Richard Chandler is “officially” recognised as having re-discovered the site of ancient Olympia while traveling in Greece in 1766. (Many […]
