Dec 18, 2003
The Guardian, 18 December 2003 This time last year British fans starved of victory on the field could console themselves with the thought that they enjoyed superiority in at least one corner of the sporting realm. While manifestations of race hate had mostly vanished from British arenas, they were flaring up with increasing violence across… Read more
Nov 16, 2002
Mike Marqusee on Donald McRae’s evocation of the hurdles faced by Joe Louis and Jesse Owens The Guardian, 16 November, 2002 Review of In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens by Donald McRae, Scribner. In 1936, under the irritated gaze of Hitler and the Nazi high command, the sprinter and long jumper… Read more
Jul 2, 1998
The Henderson affair and the British media Extracted from Anyone but England: Cricket, Race and Class, 1998. The Saturday of the Lord’s Test against West Indies, 1995. I was sitting high up in the Mound Stand with my friend, Suresh Grover, perusing the July issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, which had just hit the news-stands…. Read more
