Olympic Exclusions: Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies
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Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate...
On Anxiety
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We frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from 'therapy culture', the Atkins diet and...
The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive Audiences
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Watch this show, buy this product, you can be a whole new you! Makeover television shows repeatedly...
Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game
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'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football...
Game Changers: Inside English Football: from the Boardroom to the Bootroom
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Alan Curbishley has spent a lifetime in football both as a fan, player and manager. In his forty...
Make: Paper Inventions: Machines That Move, Drawings That Light Up, and Wearables and Structures You Can Cut, Fold, and Roll
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Paper is amazing stuff. It's cheap, easy to use, and easy to recycle. It's lightweight and easy to...
Rochester to Richmond: A Thames Estuary Sailor's View
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'Many people say that Nick Ardley is a bit of an eccentric, or an anachronism from a simpler age,...
The Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast Railway: Chesterfield to Langwith Junction, the Beighton Branch and Sheffield District Railway: No. 1
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In the days when coal was king, an ambitious plan was laid for an east-to-west cross country rail...
The Last Years of Steam Around the Midlands
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Alan Maund lived in Worcestershire all his life and had an enthusiasm for steam. He travelled...
The World's Great Wonders: How They Were Made and Why They are Amazing
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Go beyond the visual spectacle of the...