PAUL SAFFER on a war hero, Versailles negotiator and founder of the Kentucky Derby, who also won 1500m gold. Continue reading
Author Archives: Paul Saffer
Obscure Olympians 3: City of London Police
PAUL SAFFER celebrates a team of flat-footed Edwardian tuggers. Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 2: CBK Beachcroft
Continuing his salute to forgotten British Olympic heroes, PAUL SAFFER remembers a cricketing comedian. Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 1: Launceston Elliot
In the first of a new series, PAUL SAFFER salutes a weightlifting, rope-climbing, sprinting holder of the British discus record. Continue reading
Bits of Britpop: Part 1
PAUL SAFFER on some lesser-known nuggets of 1990s Britpop from Cud, Denim, Menswear and the Zuno Men. Continue reading
Hack for good?
Should journalists stray into politics, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Noisy neighbours: Nationalism and sport in the UK
PAUL SAFFER explores sporting rivalries between the constituent nations of the UK. Continue reading
The Regina monologues
Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl, but PAUL SAFFER thinks she ought to have a bit more to say. Continue reading
Ronnie Corbett and the Chicago School
PAUL SAFFER remembers when Ronnie Corbett tackled the scourge of inflation through the medium of novelty pop. Continue reading
Not finished on a double
PAUL SAFFER explains why there are two separate world championships in the only sport that celebrates hedonism and arithmetic: darts. Continue reading
Hill’s striking heyday
PAUL SAFFER looks back at the 1961 memoir of union firebrand and bearded sporting hipster Jimmy Hill. Continue reading
Style matters
PAUL SAFFER suspects the slickness of this year’s Conservative Party conference will speak louder than any words actually uttered there. Continue reading
