#10 the Sports Issue
Devon’s Baptism of Fire
Hidden in the verdant valleys of Devon, a rural county in South West England, lies Ottery St Mary. A textbook English countryside town, the average
12 November 2021
Hidden in the verdant valleys of Devon, a rural county in South West England, lies Ottery St Mary. A textbook English countryside town, the average
The old cultural centre smells like sweat and bratwurst. Middle- aged dancers in Western wear arrange themselves into neat lines around me. A bouncy girl with pigtails and
It’s just past four o’clock in the morning, and I’m cycling through the still, damp air of a summer night in Bosnia. I’m heading southeast from the Croatian
Julian Sanchez was in a hurry. He still had to buy a pair of cheap black trousers. He would wear his black leather shoes—as required by the dress code—but didn’t want to ruin his only suit.
In the fall of 2020, Selemon (not his real name) received an email announcing that a marathon race would be held in the Czech Republic. As an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner living in Europe, Selemon had been training throughout the pandemic. Like many of his peers who rely on prize money and appearances for a living, he’d been struggling. His bank account was drying up, and his resolve was weakening too. Here, finally, was an opportunity.
Q&A with Johannes Mallow, the two-time World Memory Champion.
“Most skaters are boys, I don’t know why,” says six-year-old Mac Morrice from West Lothian in Scotland. “Everybody thinks skating is a boys’ sport, and
