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Tag: The Boat Race

Oct 25, 2014Oct 25, 2014HTBS

Oxford v Cambridge On The Tideway: Now We Are Four

Oct 10, 2014Oct 10, 2014HTBS

Our Relationship with the Boat Race

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

Apr 17, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Lies, Damned Lies and the 1877 Boat Race

Apr 14, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

The Blue Window and the Blues

Apr 13, 2014Aug 12, 2014HTBS

Different Strokes For Different Folks

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 7, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

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

Apr 6, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Fun Stuff!

Apr 5, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Images from Tideway Week

Apr 3, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Secret Supporters of the Boat Race

Mar 23, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Tom Watson is In!

Mar 15, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Sunday CUBC v Molesey BC Race

Mar 13, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

No light Blues – the Boat Race Crews weigh-in

Mar 12, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

HTBS 5 Years Anniversary with Luncheon

Feb 24, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Bonny* Boats of Newcastle

Jan 28, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Pre-BNY Mellon Boat Race fixtures announced

Jan 27, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Blues in Bags

Jan 4, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Which Blue Are You?

Jan 3, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Mea culpa

Dec 19, 2013Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Four Eights Are Sixteen: The December Boat Race Trials 2013

Dec 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Blue Movies

Dec 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

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

Nov 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Challenges

May 21, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

New Presidents for Oxford and Cambridge Boat Clubs

May 20, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Stuck-Up Oarsman?

May 7, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Watch Out for Lord Paddington’s Wiggling Ears…

Apr 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2013 OUBC Love Story ~ Love It!

Apr 2, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

From Pine To Plastic

Apr 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

What They Wrote…

Apr 1, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Boat Race Day Picture Diary

Mar 31, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Hélène Rémond: Boat Race Day

Mar 31, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Hélène Rémond: In and Around Putney

Mar 30, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Facing The Press

Mar 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Pictures from Tideway Week: Wednesday

Mar 28, 2013Mar 28, 2013Ellen

Reminder: The Boat Race 2013

Mar 25, 2013Nov 4, 2021Ellen

Going Underground with the Boat Race and Boat Racing

Mar 7, 2013Mar 7, 2013Ellen

Light or Dark Blue?

Mar 5, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tipping The Scales For The Boat Race

Mar 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Buggy Jerwood: Ideals of English Gentlemanliness

Feb 15, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

‘Don’t do it!’

Feb 13, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Huskies v Tabs, Deutschland über Isis

Jan 17, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Rowing History Footnote: Leave it to Sandow, the Strong Man…

Jan 10, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Prop Blade?

Jan 2, 2013Jan 2, 2013Ellen

The Morning After the Boat Race…

Dec 14, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2012 Pre Christmas Trial VIIIs

Dec 11, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Greg Denieffe: Bedford School B.C. v Shrewsbury School B.C., Part 2

Nov 26, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 2012 Trial Eights

Nov 23, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Cambridge Trial Eights 1896: Comparing Jackets and Socks

Nov 13, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Oxford 1897: ‘The Finest Crew that ever Rowed’

Aug 27, 2012Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Noel Duckworth: ‘Small of Stature, Great of Heart’

Aug 2, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Eric Fairbairn – Olympic Oarsman, Soldier In The Great War, Part 2

Aug 1, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Eric Fairbairn – Olympic Oarsman, Soldier In The Great War, Part 1

Jul 16, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

New Book: Rowing In Britain

Jun 26, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Political Activism At HRR (1913)

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012Ellen

OUBC Film 7: The Epilogue

Apr 22, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Two Poems About The Boat Race 7 April, 2012

Apr 11, 2012Nov 21, 2019Ellen

Murder In The Boat

Apr 10, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Alex Woods On The Mend

Apr 9, 2012Apr 9, 2012Ellen

April Is The Cruellest Month

Apr 8, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

What Did The Papers Write?

Apr 8, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Hélène Rémond: What A Historic Race!

Apr 7, 2012Apr 7, 2012Ellen

Cambridge Wins 158th Boat Race

Apr 7, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Broadcasting The Boat Race

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

Apr 6, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

OUBC Film 6: Best Team Will Win

Apr 2, 2012Apr 2, 2012Ellen

Getting Ready For The Boat Race

Apr 2, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Boris To Present The Boat Race Trophy

Mar 29, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: Which ‘Boat Race’?

Mar 27, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Light Blues V. Black Death

Mar 25, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: A Significant Result?

Mar 8, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

OUBC Film 5: Shutting Out The Hullabaloo

Mar 7, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Tim Koch: The Boat Race Is Near

Feb 8, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Martin Gough: Women’s Boat Race: Worth The Wait

Feb 1, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

OUBC Film 4: Charming Men, Eventually…

Jan 10, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

OUBC Film 3: The Boat Race Jockey

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