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Specialist subject: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Category Archives: Sport
Triumph of the Eastern Will: How the Olympics came clean about winning
A version of this article originally appeared in The Big Issue Magazine By the time you read this a couple of weeks will have passed since the end of the London 2012 Games. The Paralympics are about to start. Politicians … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged 70s, 80s, Anabolic steriods, communism, DDR, Doping, East Germany, elitism, FTW, GDR, Nadia Comeneci, Olga Korbut, Rebecca Adlington, Tom Daley, Ye Shiwen
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Bradley Wiggins: What I want to say, but my words just fail
Judging by the pained expressions of all 3 men on the podium, no one had known Lesley Garrett was going to be belting out God Save The Queen in a Union Jack evening gown. Perhaps it confused Bradley Wiggins’ plans. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, France, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Bradley Wiggins, culture, cycling, FTW, sport, tour de france
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