Glasgow’s race for gold
David Hayes
24 July 2014
The Commonwealth Games meet a host city in flux, says David Hayes
Books & arts
Almost impossibly brilliant
Scott Ewing
7 November 2013
A new book unpacks the complex relationship between politics and football in Spain, writes Scott Ewing
Essays & reportage
Haunted by Demons
Tom Griffiths
3 April 2013
What would success taste like, wonders a Melbourne AFL supporter
National affairs
Olympics move beyond satire
Geoffrey Barker
19 July 2012
Olympic boosters don’t consider opportunity costs of Olympic competition, writes Geoffrey Barker. Meanwhile, the subsidies and scandals continue
Essays & reportage
Fool’s gold
Richard Evans
19 October 2009
Australia’s disastrous showing at the Montreal Olympics ushered in a grim – and very expensive – culture of “excellence,” argues Richard Evans
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