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Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020HTBS

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

Nov 28, 2020Nov 28, 2020HTBS

Laid Back 

Nov 27, 2020Nov 26, 2020HTBS

The 2021 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: E to L

Nov 23, 2020Nov 24, 2020HTBS

The 1937 Oxford Crew at Ranelagh

Nov 19, 2020Nov 18, 2020HTBS

Brawn v Brains

Nov 16, 2020Nov 15, 2020HTBS

Crossing the Line

Nov 13, 2020Nov 12, 2020HTBS

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

Nov 12, 2020May 18, 2021HTBS

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

Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020HTBS

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

Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020HTBS

The Unquiet Australian

Nov 8, 2020Nov 8, 2020HTBS

D.D.

Nov 6, 2020Nov 7, 2020HTBS

Sam Mackenzie (1936 – 2020): Larrikin and Oarsman

Oct 15, 2020Nov 28, 2020HTBS

Adrian Stokes: A Happy Coincidence

Oct 13, 2020Oct 12, 2020HTBS

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

Sep 19, 2020Sep 19, 2020HTBS

Roger Angell: This Old Man at 100

Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020HTBS

Gavin Jamieson: Jumbo’s 1927 Metropolitan Medal

Sep 12, 2020Sep 11, 2020HTBS

The 1950s River Thames – Free Shows

Aug 13, 2020Aug 12, 2020HTBS

Doing the Right Thing*: The Oxford Bursary

Aug 7, 2020Aug 9, 2020HTBS

A 1954 Oxford Rowing Footnote

Aug 5, 2020Aug 5, 2020HTBS

William O’Chee: When your Finest Possession is Memory

Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020HTBS

The other Henleys

Jun 17, 2020Jun 16, 2020HTBS

Renaissance Man: Christ Rodrigues from Jesus

Jun 5, 2020Jun 21, 2020HTBS

The Rowing Memsahibs of Naini Tal

Jun 4, 2020Jun 3, 2020HTBS

Hey Christo! April Foolery Under Wraps

May 28, 2020Jul 26, 2020HTBS

The Literate and Rowing Lewises – II

May 26, 2020Jun 25, 2020HTBS

The Long and the Short Of It

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020HTBS

May Time III:II ‘WB’

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020HTBS

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

May 11, 2020May 16, 2020HTBS

Regatta’s Presses Fall Silent

May 7, 2020May 6, 2020HTBS

The Boat Race and Who Went To It

Apr 29, 2020Apr 28, 2020HTBS

The Unique Badge of Sir T. A. Cook

Apr 24, 2020Apr 23, 2020HTBS

May Time II

Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020HTBS

The Magic Christian at 50+

Apr 15, 2020Apr 14, 2020HTBS

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

Apr 14, 2020Apr 13, 2020HTBS

A Sub-River Boat Race A.D. 1950?

Apr 13, 2020Apr 10, 2020HTBS

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

Apr 10, 2020Apr 11, 2020HTBS

Ronnie and Shades of Blue

Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020HTBS

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

Apr 8, 2020Apr 7, 2020HTBS

The Idol of the Hour

Apr 7, 2020Apr 6, 2020HTBS

Clement Attlee: None Smarter

Apr 3, 2020Apr 2, 2020HTBS

May Time I

Apr 2, 2020Apr 3, 2020HTBS

Poet’s Pub

Mar 30, 2020Mar 29, 2020HTBS

143 years ago at the Boat Race…

Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020HTBS

The Day That Never Was

Mar 27, 2020Mar 26, 2020HTBS

It Gets Verse and Verse: Hargrave, An Aquatic McGonagall

Mar 24, 2020Mar 23, 2020HTBS

Oxford has the Lightweight Blues

Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020HTBS

UK Rowing Stops

Mar 5, 2020Mar 4, 2020HTBS

The Tab-let: News of the Light Blues

Mar 4, 2020Mar 4, 2020HTBS

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

Feb 28, 2020Feb 27, 2020HTBS

Dennis Menaces Boat Race Fixtures

Feb 25, 2020Feb 25, 2020HTBS

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

Feb 20, 2020Feb 20, 2020HTBS

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

Feb 19, 2020Feb 19, 2020HTBS

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

Feb 18, 2020Feb 17, 2020HTBS

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

Feb 6, 2020Feb 5, 2020HTBS

What’s the Best Place for a Coxswain?

Jan 29, 2020Jan 28, 2020HTBS

Boat Race 2020: News of the Blues

Dec 19, 2019Dec 18, 2019HTBS

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

Dec 12, 2019Dec 12, 2019HTBS

Part IV – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Dec 11, 2019Dec 12, 2019HTBS

Part III – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019HTBS

Part I – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Nov 27, 2019Dec 4, 2019HTBS

Fast Fours

Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019HTBS

Boat Race Day 2020: Making History (Twice)

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019HTBS

Back To The Futures

Nov 1, 2019Nov 2, 2019HTBS

David Winser – One Whom The Gods Loved

Oct 24, 2019Oct 29, 2019HTBS

1948 Olympic Silver Medallist Paul Bircher Dies

Oct 9, 2019Nov 17, 2021HTBS

James Gobbo: President of OUBC – But Not of Australia

Sep 15, 2019Nov 8, 2020HTBS

Richard Hillary: Oarsman, Spitfire Pilot, Writer and Guinea Pig

Sep 10, 2019Sep 9, 2019HTBS

Deja Vue All Over Again

Aug 27, 2019Sep 8, 2019HTBS

When The Crimson Met The Blue

Aug 24, 2019Aug 23, 2019HTBS

National Sporting Heritage Day: The 1829 Boat Race Letter

Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019HTBS

Cardus – An Innings Recalled

Jul 19, 2019Jul 19, 2019HTBS

Beyond the Stewards’ Enclosure: Part II – The Picnic

Jun 10, 2019Jun 10, 2019HTBS

The Boat Race at 190

May 14, 2019May 13, 2019HTBS

From the World War I Trenches to the King’s Cup

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019HTBS

Picture Post: More From The HTBS Photo Archive

Apr 22, 2019Apr 21, 2019HTBS

Bevis Sanford: 1939 Light Blues Stroke Dies

Apr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019HTBS

1968: Facetious Facts on The Boat Race

Apr 12, 2019Apr 11, 2019HTBS

Boat Race Day 2019: Images and Impressions

Apr 11, 2019Apr 10, 2019HTBS

The Oxbridge Veterans: Masters All

Apr 10, 2019Apr 9, 2019HTBS

P to M: Par For The Course

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