December 2011

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Great Books on Sport and Education

I will be introducing a new feature to this blog in the New Year: expert book lists. Some seriously top-notch people have already agreed to...

2011 has not been a good year for women's sport. So said Gary Lineker, in defence of the all-male shortlist for this year's Sport P...

‘Cheshire Puss,’ she began, rather timidly … ‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on w...

For no very good reason, I've created a word cloud from the text of this blog ( http://www.wordle.net/ ) I wonder if it will change much...

A Chess-boxing match is a remarkable sight. Two fighters play alternate rounds of speed-chess and boxing until the end of the competition. ...

Philosophers are nothing if not an argumentative bunch, and many different arguments have been offered against Dualism. One school of ph...

Imagine that you are approached by scientists to go on a secret mission to disarm a nuclear devise. The mission is very risky to your brai...

This entry, and the next few, will focus on some of the philosophical issues that relate to sports coaching, PE teaching and so on. The mate...

"Science tells you that your opinion is worthless when confronted with the evidence. That's a difficult thing to learn." (Prof...

There was an fascinating discussion about the role of sport in combatting youth crime and promoting social justice in the House of Commons. ...