Reece Goodall

The Olympic vaccine debate: should athletes jump the queue?

Are the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games still likely to go ahead? In comments that have stirred controversy around the globe, long-serving member of the IOC Dick Pound has suggested that it is likely if athletes are essentially able to jump the vaccine queue and receive their jabs ahead of time....
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Posted Jan. 30, 2021

Yan Bingtao mounts impressive comeback to win Masters title

Debutant Yan Bingtao mounted an impressive fightback to defeat John Higgins and win the 2021 Masters. The 20-year-old Chinese player overturned the former champion’s 7-5 lead to win 10-8, becoming only the second player from China to win the tournament (after the 2011 winner Ding Junhui), and the youngest Masters...
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Posted Jan. 19, 2021

TIME TRAVEL: the history of the Highwayman

When you hear the word ‘highwayman’, it’s entirely possible you may have an image of a gentleman robber in your mind –a dangerous figure in the road at night, possibly even stealing from the rich to give to the poor. But this idea, although true in a few cases, is a hugely romanticised conception of these historical robbers. So who exactly were the highwaymen who plagued the dark forest roads of pre-industrial Britain?
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Posted Jan. 18, 2021