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Britain's long love affair with sport

Britain's long love affair with sport

Name: Britain’s long love affair with sport
Uploaded: 2024-02-06T12:17:41.588Z
Duration: 29 min 33 s
Description: Britons may not always be the best at playing sports. But, as David Horspool tells Spencer Mizen, when it comes to inventing, codifying and becoming utterly obsessed by them, they are bona fide world beaters. From the brutality of medieval jousts to the mega-bucks of the Premier League, David reveals how sport has embedded itself in the fabric of British life over the centuries.

From the brutality of medieval jousts to the mega-bucks of the Premier League, David Horspool reveals how sport has embedded itself in the fabric of British life

Spencer Mizen

Published: February 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM

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Britons may not always be the best at playing sports. But, as David Horspool tells Spencer Mizen, when it comes to inventing, codifying and becoming utterly obsessed by them, they are bona fide world beaters. From the brutality of medieval jousts to the mega-bucks of the Premier League, David reveals how sport has embedded itself in the fabric of British life over the centuries.

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Spencer MizenSenior production editor

Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine