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Apr 2, 2016Apr 2, 2016HTBS

The 1970s: The Decade That Style Forgot

Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016HTBS

The 1976 Oxford Record Crew

Mar 29, 2016Mar 29, 2016HTBS

My Day at the 2016 Boat Races

Mar 27, 2016Mar 27, 2016HTBS

Cambridge by a Smile

Mar 26, 2016Mar 26, 2016HTBS

Tideway Week: That Saturday Feeling

Mar 26, 2016Mar 26, 2016HTBS

Very Old Blues: Sixteen Decades of Boat Race Crews

Mar 26, 2016Mar 26, 2016HTBS

Tideway Week: Very Good Friday

Mar 25, 2016Mar 25, 2016HTBS

Tideway Week: Images from Thursday

Mar 23, 2016Mar 23, 2016HTBS

Countdown to The Boat Races: It’s Tideway Week

Mar 5, 2016Mar 5, 2016HTBS

A Reappraisal of the Importance of the River Lea

Mar 3, 2016Mar 4, 2016HTBS

‘You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat’*: The 2016 Boat Race Weigh-in

Dec 15, 2015Dec 14, 2015HTBS

Cox and Box on the Tideway

May 31, 2015May 31, 2015HTBS

Brasenose Won with more than a Nose…

May 30, 2015May 30, 2015HTBS

200 Years of Oxford Racing

May 27, 2015Mar 6, 2018HTBS

75 years of Women’s Rowing at Cambridge, Part 2: Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club: 1974 to 2015

Apr 23, 2015Apr 22, 2015HTBS

Blue And Grey

Feb 23, 2015Feb 23, 2015HTBS

Dan Topolski, 1945 – 2015

Feb 2, 2015Feb 2, 2015HTBS

Remembering Ewart Horsfall

Jan 19, 2015Jan 18, 2015HTBS

Mrs. Broom’s Boys: Photographing History

Jan 5, 2015Jan 4, 2015HTBS

Englishmen Playing Cricket and Rowing in Nazi-Germany

Dec 14, 2014Dec 13, 2014HTBS

1943: Not a Blue Race

Dec 11, 2014Dec 10, 2014HTBS

Trial By Thames: The 2014 Trial Eights

Dec 8, 2014Dec 7, 2014HTBS

…and here is another silly OUBC video – You Got To Love It!

Sep 26, 2014Sep 26, 2014HTBS

Selections from the Memoirs of Mike Ashby, Part III : Shades of Brideshead and Other Stories

Sep 24, 2014Sep 26, 2014HTBS

Selections from the Memoirs of Mike Ashby, Part II: Joining the Fighting Cocks

Sep 22, 2014Sep 20, 2014HTBS

Selections from the Memoirs of Mike Ashby, Part I: Silencing The Old Men

Sep 5, 2014Sep 4, 2014HTBS

A Three Pipe Problem

Aug 29, 2014Aug 28, 2014HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: The Coach that demanded Socks On!

Apr 17, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Lies, Damned Lies and the 1877 Boat Race

Apr 12, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Images of the 160th Boat Race Part 2: The Race

Apr 10, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Images of the 160th Boat Race Part 1: The Prelude

Apr 8, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Masters of the Boat Race

Apr 7, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The 2014 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race: ‘Oo Won?

Apr 5, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Images from Tideway Week

Apr 3, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Secret Supporters of the Boat Race

Apr 1, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Putting It On The Tab: Credit To Oxford Women

Mar 23, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Tom Watson is In!

Mar 11, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Battles with the Blues

Feb 26, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

More on the 1944 Boat Race

Feb 25, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

70-Year Anniversary of an Unofficial Boat Race

Feb 9, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Buttoned Up

Jan 28, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Pre-BNY Mellon Boat Race fixtures announced

Jan 27, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Blues in Bags

Jan 21, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Giving It Some Welly*: The 2014 Oxford Trial Eights



Jan 4, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Which Blue Are You?

Jan 3, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Mea culpa

Dec 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Blue Movies

Nov 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Challenges

Sep 16, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Clever Cox – A Memoir

May 26, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Oxford Barge on Display

May 21, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

New Presidents for Oxford and Cambridge Boat Clubs

May 21, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

New Presidents of the Oxford and Cambridge Women’s Boat Clubs

May 17, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Buy Yourself an Oxford Crew for Eights Week

May 7, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Watch Out for Lord Paddington’s Wiggling Ears…

May 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Oxford Barges 1932

Apr 22, 2013Oct 29, 2021Ellen

Oxford: Beer, Boathouses and Barges

Apr 5, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Killarney Regatta with a Splash of Dark and Light Blue

Apr 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2013 OUBC Love Story ~ Love It!

Apr 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Boat Race Day Picture Diary

Mar 31, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Hélène Rémond: In and Around Putney

Mar 31, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Cambridge Wins The Retro Boat Race

Mar 30, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Facing The Press

Mar 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Pictures from Tideway Week: Wednesday

Mar 27, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The ‘Other Boat Races’

Mar 18, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Among Hard Drinking Hypocrites and ‘Eight Good Men’

Mar 18, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Oxford Looking Good…

Mar 5, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tipping The Scales For The Boat Race

Feb 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Huskies v Tabs, Deutschland über Isis

Jan 10, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Prop Blade?

Dec 14, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2012 Pre Christmas Trial VIIIs

Dec 13, 2012Dec 13, 2012Ellen

While We Wait for the Trial Eights…

Dec 5, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Equine Aquatics

Nov 26, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2012 Trial Eights

Nov 13, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Oxford 1897: ‘The Finest Crew that ever Rowed’

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012Ellen

OUBC Film 7: The Epilogue

May 13, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Isis – Troubled Water

May 13, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Loaded With Good Stuff!

Apr 7, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Final Day Of Practice At Putney

Apr 6, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

An Early Morning Row

Apr 6, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Getting Ready For The 158th Boat Race

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