Monthly Archives: August 2016

Sing me, Lord Chilcot, of the wrath…

Posted on 23/08/2016 by Maria Pretzler

During this Edinburgh Festival, non-stop from 8th to 20th August, hundreds of volunteers read the whole Chilcot Report on the decision to go to war in Iraq. The event’s producer said: “[The report] wasn’t expected to be read. The establishment … Continue reading →

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Caster Semenya and women at the Olympics

Posted on 21/08/2016 by Maria Pretzler

I just came across this excellent article about gender and Olympic disciplines or competitive sport more generally, starting with the case of gold-medal winning runner Caster Semenya who has faced so much controversy over whether she should be allowed to … Continue reading →

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Olympic Superstars – ancient and modern

Posted on 13/08/2016 by Maria Pretzler

Some of yesterday’s papers (for example the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph) have a report that Michael Phelps has just beaten a 2167* year-old record which had been held, for all that time, by Leonidas of Rhodes, who … Continue reading →

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