
Tag: Oxford


The College Oarsmen who Helped Save the Sterling

Colin Porter: A Rebel with a Cause

Bill Windham, RIP: A Great Oarsman

Oxonian Rhapsody: Magnifico-o-o-o-o

CUBC 1939: Cissies who Laughed Last…

The Cerebral Giant

1914: Last in the Last Torpids Before the War

The Burnell Albums

I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Bl-Ouse*

Ouse-ing with Talent: The 2021 Boat Race Trials

No Humbug: The Spirit of The Boat Race Yet to Come

The First Oxbridge Women’s Boat Race: Emulating the Pale (and Dark) Blue Lords of Creation

In Living Colour

It’s A Date

R.C. Sherriff: Soldier, Writer and Oarsman – Part II

Laid Back

The 2021 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: E to L

The 1937 Oxford Crew at Ranelagh

Brawn v Brains

Crossing the Line

Richard Henry Dana III: An American Oarsman in England – Part III

Richard Henry Dana III: An American Oarsman in England – Part II

Richard Henry Dana III: An American Oarsman in England – Part I

The Unquiet Australian

D.D.

Sam Mackenzie (1936 – 2020): Larrikin and Oarsman

Adrian Stokes: A Happy Coincidence

The New CUBC: ‘The Best of the Old, with the Promise of the New’

Roger Angell: This Old Man at 100

Gavin Jamieson: Jumbo’s 1927 Metropolitan Medal

The 1950s River Thames – Free Shows

Doing the Right Thing*: The Oxford Bursary

A 1954 Oxford Rowing Footnote

William O’Chee: When your Finest Possession is Memory

The other Henleys

Renaissance Man: Christ Rodrigues from Jesus

The Rowing Memsahibs of Naini Tal

Hey Christo! April Foolery Under Wraps

The Literate and Rowing Lewises – II

The Long and the Short Of It

May Time III:II ‘WB’

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) V – Accidents and Agonies Across the Finish Line

Regatta’s Presses Fall Silent

The Boat Race and Who Went To It

The Unique Badge of Sir T. A. Cook

May Time II

The Magic Christian at 50+

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) I – Barging into Training

A Sub-River Boat Race A.D. 1950?

The Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Ronnie and Shades of Blue

John Hall-Craggs, 1931 – 2020: A quiet man who got things done

The Idol of the Hour

Clement Attlee: None Smarter

May Time I

Poet’s Pub

143 years ago at the Boat Race…

The Day That Never Was

It Gets Verse and Verse: Hargrave, An Aquatic McGonagall

Oxford has the Lightweight Blues

UK Rowing Stops

The Tab-let: News of the Light Blues

WW1 Fighter Pilot, Colonial Administrator, Knight – and Rower!

Dennis Menaces Boat Race Fixtures

The Worst of Times and the Best of Times: Adrian Stokes’ Boat Races

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part IV

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part III

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part II

What’s the Best Place for a Coxswain?

Boat Race 2020: News of the Blues

The 2020 Boat Race Trial Eights: Oxford’s Civil War

Part IV – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Part III – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Part I – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Fast Fours

Boat Race Day 2020: Making History (Twice)

Back To The Futures

David Winser – One Whom The Gods Loved
