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Author: Ellen

Instead of boring my friends with my need to catalog my life through music, I'm putting it here.
Aug 12, 2014Aug 26, 2014Ellen

F.S. Kelly on the BBC

Dec 14, 2013Dec 14, 2013Ellen

Allen Rosenberg Dies

Dec 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Blue Movies

Dec 12, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Rowing Daydreaming

Dec 11, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Temptations on the Thames

Dec 10, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

10 Years Celebration for Coxmate

Dec 9, 2013Dec 9, 2013Ellen

Head of the River Charles – in French!

Dec 6, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge is on!

Dec 5, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Thought Behind the Oar

Dec 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Malcolm Cook: Shaved Blades were used in the Boat Race in the 1920s and 1930s

Dec 3, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Some Photographs from 2013 HOR4s

Dec 2, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Italians at the 1937 European Championships

Dec 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2013 HOR4s Results

Nov 30, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Doing A Crick and Watson

Nov 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2013 Fuller’s Head of the River Fours

Nov 28, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2013Feb 1, 2021Ellen

The Bookie* Prize

Nov 26, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Mylène Paquette – A Very Brave Woman

Nov 25, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Big Man’s Boat

Nov 23, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Ludo Keston Appointed New Chief Executive of RRM

Nov 22, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Down the Chocolate River!

Nov 21, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Time for ‘Jack & Ran’?

Nov 19, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The First Englishman….

Nov 16, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

FISA Interview with Jean-Christophe Rolland: Climbing step by step

Nov 15, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Rower’s Invested Interest

Nov 14, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

1898 Wingfields: ‘a most extraordinary contest’

Nov 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Learn from a Swede: Johan Flodin, 2013 Coach of the Year

Nov 12, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Rowing By Silver Light

Nov 11, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Oarsmen’s Cenotaphs*

Nov 8, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

“Checchin” – The Last of the 1936 Rowing Olympians, Just Turned 100 Years Old

Nov 7, 2013Nov 7, 2013Ellen

A Visit to Henley RC

Nov 6, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Another F. S. Kelly ‘Henley Prize’ went under the Hammer

Nov 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Challenges

Nov 3, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Rowing With the Eye

Nov 2, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

‘We are horrified to hear…’

Nov 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

It’s Movember again!

Oct 31, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Fritz Hagerman Wins the 2013 Jack Kelly Award

Oct 29, 2013Oct 29, 2013Ellen

Making Row Locks

Oct 28, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Meeting Sarah Trowbridge

Oct 26, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Coxswain’s Tale

Oct 25, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Part of the History of Rowing

Oct 24, 2013Oct 24, 2013Ellen

Daniel James Brown: "Rowing is Beautiful…"

Oct 22, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

HOCR & British Championships – Results

Oct 21, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Wingfields: Champions of the Thames 2013

Oct 19, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

2013 Rowing History Forum: Not just for Nerds…

Oct 18, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

HTBS Tie On!

Oct 17, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Morning Row

Oct 16, 2013Oct 16, 2013Ellen

The 2013 Red Bull XRow

Oct 15, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Time for Megan’s LIST

Oct 14, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Q&A with Katherine Grainger

Oct 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Altered Soul of the Rower

Oct 12, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Villanelle on Rowing

Oct 11, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

More on Lowry’s Rowing Paintings

Oct 11, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Matchstick (Oars)men

Oct 10, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Legendary Casey Brothers

Oct 9, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Lowry’s Grim Fairy Tale

Oct 8, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Reminder: Rowing History Forum, Saturday, 12 October

Oct 7, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Wingfields – The Race of Champions

Oct 6, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Leaders & Laggards

Oct 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tales of the Riverbank: Hammersmith

Oct 3, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Rower, Contemplative

Oct 2, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Mylène Paquette on a Solo Row Across the Atlantic

Oct 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Famous Photographer’s Rowing Pics from the 1950s

Sep 30, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

More on ‘Shaved’ Blades

Sep 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Cricket Bats and Vampire Dolphins

Sep 28, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Reality of Art

Sep 27, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Ran Laurie – The Man with the Narrow Blade?

Sep 26, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Happy Arthur’s Day & the Discovery of Guinness’s lost Ad Campaigns

Sep 26, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Rowing Coat of Arms

Sep 25, 2013Sep 25, 2013Ellen

Three Haiku on Rowing

Sep 24, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Another Eakins Rower

Sep 23, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Puffin’s Redemption: The Journey across the Atlantic

Sep 22, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Time to Nominate for the 2013 World Rowing Awards

Sep 21, 2013Sep 21, 2013Ellen

Row Correctly on the Erg

Sep 19, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Need to Row

Sep 18, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Boathouse Row – 100 Years Ago!

Sep 17, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

2013 Coastweeks Regatta – In Pictures

Sep 16, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Clever Cox – A Memoir

Sep 14, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Footnote: A HTBS Top Six!

Sep 14, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Rowing to Government

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