tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post9186831416617228342..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Getting into the Olympic Spirit? Biographer Clare Mulley is fascinated by the stories behind the Winter Olympics of 1936, and their resonance today. Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43432485779743440482014-02-07T10:39:31.341+00:002014-02-07T10:39:31.341+00:00Just have to add this ps: http://www.youtube.com/w...Just have to add this ps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4CEaoNADiYClare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7011886044089788132013-09-30T23:11:11.992+01:002013-09-30T23:11:11.992+01:00The book of photographs sounds fascinating. Recor...The book of photographs sounds fascinating. Records like this can tell us so much more than their ostensible subject. Thanks, Clare. Really interesting post! Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30464183559067695112013-09-30T12:33:51.069+01:002013-09-30T12:33:51.069+01:00Thanks Joan, I was stunned by the book, the photos...Thanks Joan, I was stunned by the book, the photos were at once so innocent and so very telling. I have never understood the supposed division between sports and politics, and this book is that connection bound in gold-embossed covers. I hope you got a few tickets in 1972! <br />Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3119806760366679002013-09-29T17:40:59.140+01:002013-09-29T17:40:59.140+01:00Those photos are so evocative - thank you for shar...Those photos are so evocative - thank you for sharing them!<br /><br />I was a cleaner at the 1972 Olympic Village and am well aware of how each Games has its own flavour and political context - and I still think it's worth it! Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com