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7 hours ago Apr 9, 2026Apr 8, 2026HTBS

C4’s Coverage Of The Boat Race: A New Set Of Eyes?

1 day ago Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026HTBS

The 1926 Boat Race: A Century On From Hugh ‘Jumbo’ Edwards Collapse

2 days ago Apr 7, 2026Apr 7, 2026HTBS

The Boat Race: At P And At M

4 days ago Apr 5, 2026Apr 5, 2026HTBS

A Win For The Boat Race  

6 days ago Apr 3, 2026Apr 2, 2026HTBS

The Boat Race And The Bob Dylan Analysis

1 week ago Mar 30, 2026Mar 29, 2026HTBS

Tideway Week: The Same But Different

2 weeks ago Mar 28, 2026Mar 27, 2026HTBS

Blue Movies

Mar 26, 2026Mar 25, 2026HTBS

Matt Brittin: From Stroke Seat To Hot Seat

Mar 25, 2026Mar 24, 2026HTBS

The 2026 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Races: A Form Guide

Mar 23, 2026Mar 22, 2026HTBS

The Boat Race: Get With The Programme

Mar 13, 2026Mar 12, 2026HTBS

David Burnford: From Blue Boat To Breaking Bad

Mar 4, 2026Mar 3, 2026HTBS

The 2026 Boat Race Fixtures: The Story So Far

Feb 10, 2026Feb 11, 2026HTBS

Chris Dodd: Some Tributes

Feb 2, 2026Feb 2, 2026HTBS

Interview with Hugh Maltby: When Rowing Runs in Your Blood

Jan 16, 2026Jan 17, 2026HTBS

Tips For Boat Race Crews: Small Ports And Clean Jerseys

Jan 13, 2026Jan 12, 2026HTBS

Tommy Hunter: A Life Well-Steered

Jan 12, 2026Jan 11, 2026HTBS

Jack Beresford, Charles M. Morrell and Thames Rowing Club

Jan 8, 2026Jan 7, 2026HTBS

A Rowing Rarity 

Dec 23, 2025Dec 22, 2025HTBS

Countdown To The 2026 Boat Race: Oxford Trial Eights

Dec 22, 2025Dec 21, 2025HTBS

Countdown To The 2026 Boat Race: Cambridge Trial Eights

Dec 18, 2025Dec 17, 2025HTBS

Tales of the Unexpected IV – Old Dog, Old Tricks

Dec 15, 2025Dec 14, 2025HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas 2025, Part I

Dec 4, 2025Dec 8, 2025HTBS

William O’Chee to Write Offical History of OUBC

Dec 3, 2025Jan 1, 2026HTBS

Jack Beresford’s Berlin Album Part I

Nov 21, 2025Nov 20, 2025HTBS

John the Orange-Man of Harvard

Nov 4, 2025Nov 4, 2025HTBS

The 2025 Madras – Colombo Regatta

Oct 2, 2025Oct 1, 2025HTBS

The First Sign of Spring and the First Controversy of the 2026 Boat Race

Sep 30, 2025Sep 29, 2025HTBS

So, That’s Clear…

Sep 22, 2025Sep 21, 2025HTBS

Journey’s End

Aug 26, 2025Aug 25, 2025HTBS

Punch’s Rowing Cartoons: A Bit Of A Curate’s Egg

Jul 25, 2025Jul 24, 2025HTBS

OUBC’s Performance Review: Horse Or Camel?

Jul 16, 2025Jul 15, 2025HTBS

HRR25: Student And Junior Finals

Jul 11, 2025Jul 10, 2025HTBS

HRR25: The Premier Open Finals

Jul 6, 2025Jul 5, 2025HTBS

HRR Semi-Finals – Champions Chase Their Crowns

Jul 6, 2025Jul 6, 2025HTBS

Picture This: Henley Saturday 2025

Jul 5, 2025Jul 5, 2025HTBS

Picture This: Henley Friday 2025

Jul 4, 2025Jul 3, 2025HTBS

Picture This: Henley Thursday 2025

Jun 26, 2025Jun 25, 2025HTBS

HRR 2025: Getting Straight And Ready

Jun 23, 2025Jun 23, 2025HTBS

Eton: Jolly Floating Weather Part I, Preparation

Jun 20, 2025Jun 20, 2025HTBS

From CUWBC To C (Via Q)

Jun 19, 2025Jun 20, 2025HTBS

Ed Archibald: Winning the Headships 20 Years Apart

May 29, 2025May 28, 2025HTBS

Back To The Future

May 5, 2025May 4, 2025HTBS

OUBC: Finding A Way To Get Back To Winning

May 3, 2025May 2, 2025HTBS

Putney Embankment: From A Shed To A Row – Part II

May 2, 2025May 18, 2025HTBS

Putney Embankment: From A Shed To A Row – Part I

Apr 29, 2025Apr 28, 2025HTBS

The 2025 Boat Races Revisited

Apr 28, 2025May 2, 2025HTBS

How To Save The Boat Race From The Lawyers

Apr 26, 2025Apr 25, 2025HTBS

The Right Way To Write

Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 2025HTBS

Photo Essay 3: Vintage Sheet Music Covers

Apr 18, 2025Apr 17, 2025HTBS

Restarting The Boat Races

Apr 17, 2025Apr 17, 2025HTBS

Boat Race Day 2025 Part III: Mortlake 

Apr 16, 2025Apr 16, 2025HTBS

Boat Race Day 2025 Part II: P to M

Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025HTBS

Boat Race Day 2025 Part I: Putney

Apr 13, 2025Apr 13, 2025HTBS

Tim Koch: I’m Not Behind The Times

Apr 12, 2025Apr 14, 2025HTBS

Hadaway Harry: Lessons of History, Barriers to Access and the Future of British Rowing – Part I

Apr 11, 2025Apr 10, 2025HTBS

Paddling At Putney

Apr 10, 2025Apr 11, 2025HTBS

Going Spare…

Apr 7, 2025Apr 6, 2025HTBS

Tideway Week: The Lull Before The Storm

Apr 5, 2025Apr 4, 2025HTBS

The Boat Race: Doin’ It For Nuffin

Apr 4, 2025Apr 3, 2025HTBS

The Boat Race: A Centennial And A Decennial

Apr 1, 2025Apr 4, 2025HTBS

Oxford’s Final Fixtures

Mar 29, 2025Apr 27, 2025HTBS

And Then There Were Eighteen…

Mar 25, 2025Mar 24, 2025HTBS

The HoRR: Making Champions Since 1926

Mar 20, 2025Mar 20, 2025HTBS

Mail Online Report Shock Horror*

Mar 19, 2025Mar 19, 2025HTBS

The Boat Race: A Row Before The Row

Mar 18, 2025Mar 23, 2025HTBS

The HoRR: From Pencils To Processors

Mar 10, 2025Mar 9, 2025HTBS

The 85th WEHoRR: A New Milestone

Mar 7, 2025Mar 6, 2025HTBS

Looking Down On Oxford

Mar 6, 2025Mar 7, 2025HTBS

The Cambridge Media Fixtures: A Colour Clash Of Light Blue, Cerise And Orange

Mar 4, 2025Mar 3, 2025HTBS

Rhythm and Feuds

Feb 22, 2025Feb 19, 2025HTBS

The Boat Race Fixtures: Finding Form?

Feb 18, 2025Feb 17, 2025HTBS

Rowers, Spies, and Traitors

Feb 12, 2025Feb 13, 2025HTBS

Dr Dillon: Making History – Part I

Jan 10, 2025Jan 10, 2025HTBS

Oxford Brookes University Boat Club – A Sporting Miracle?

Dec 16, 2024Feb 9, 2025HTBS

Henley Stewards: Making The Rules Since 1839

Dec 14, 2024Dec 13, 2024HTBS

Students Tested

Dec 13, 2024Dec 12, 2024HTBS

Books for 2024 Christmas II

Dec 10, 2024Dec 9, 2024HTBS

An Oxford Blue? How about an Oxford Yellow?

Nov 30, 2024Nov 29, 2024HTBS

Throwing Coxswains To The Winds

Nov 22, 2024Nov 22, 2024HTBS

The Importance of Losing

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