Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football offers his reading selection for a Summer of Sport Exhaustive? Exhausting more like. The never-ending summer of sport from Euro 2016, the British Grand Prix, English rugby down under, Test Match cricket, Le Tour, Wimbledon fortnight , Rio 2016 and then before you know it the football season has started. […]
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More of a Marathon than a Sprint – Philosophy Football’s Book Review
Aug 16th, 2016 by Mark Perryman.
A Games that Belonged to the People
Aug 5th, 2016 by Mark Perryman.Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football uncovers the hidden history of Barcelona ‘36 When the Rio Olympics begin tonight beyond the glitz and the glamour of the opening ceremony spectacle there will be popular protests right across the city. It was the same at London 2012 and the Vancouver Winter Games of 2010. Throughout the build […]
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#SaveLabour – Vote Jeremy
Jul 24th, 2016 by Guest.A beautiful short film made by activists and filmmakers in Liverpool, featuring a wide range of local Labour members explaining why they support #JeremyForLabour. Thank you Phil Maxwell, Hazuan Hashim and Lola Perrin! If you would like to volunteer your talents for Jeremy’s campaign, let him know through his campaign website.
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Mark Perryman’s Summer Book Review
Jul 12th, 2016 by Mark Perryman.Don’t burn the books A scorching hot list of summer political reading selected by Mark Perryman A year ago as Labour sought to recover from the May General Election defeat halls were starting to fill up for Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership campaign rallies. But even as the halls got bigger and the queues round the block longer […]
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Political Violence and Mental Health
Jun 22nd, 2016 by Andy Newman.Given the fact that the alleged murderer of Jo Cox has been charged, it is important that any discussion of the surrounding issues is contextualized by the requirements of the criminal justice system. There is guidance on reporting restrictions and contempt of court provided by the Crown Prosecution Service here. But if we step outside […]
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Statement on my BBC Radio 4 interview
Jun 21st, 2016 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday, the BBC aired an interview with me as part of its occasional “At lunch with…” series. The full episode was 18 minutes long and a shorter version appeared on the PM program on Radio 4. In the interview, I said that under the New Labour project, we alienated millions of our core voters, who have […]
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‘Genius of the modern world’ or hackery at the BBC?
Jun 21st, 2016 by David Pavett.A new BBC Channel Four series on Genius of the modern world was launched on Thursday 16th June. The series is to deal with Marx, Nietzsche and Freud – one 60 minute programme for each. The presenter of the programmes is historian Bettany Hughes (BH). In the opening passages BH says that her three […]
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Englishness and Welshness in the Battle of Britons
Jun 15th, 2016 by Mark Perryman.Mark Perryman previews England v Wales as competing versions of nationhood The traditional ‘Battle of Britain’ match is of course England v Scotland, the very first recognised international football match dating back to 1872 and the most intense of rivalries ever since. The last time two ‘home’ nations met in a major tournament it was […]
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Euro 2016: Never stop us dreaming
Jun 10th, 2016 by Mark Perryman.As Euro 2016 begins Mark Perryman offers an 11-point plan finally to end England’s years of hurt Five decades on from England’s solitary tournament triumph and as the team prepare yet another effort to end these proverbial 50 years of hurt at Euro 2016 it seems as good a time as any to consider a […]
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Remembering Mohammed Ali: boxer, philosopher and poet
Jun 8th, 2016 by Ann Pettifor.Ann Pettifor remembers Mohammed Ali with whom she worked in the Jubilee 2000 campaign for cancellation of third world debt Mohammed Ali – ‘The Greatest’ – died this weekend, at the age of 74. With his loss, the world is deprived of the terrific energy of a principled, devout and committed man. A boxer, a philosopher […]
