by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The first lady British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, once famously said that, “Being powerful is like being a lady: if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t!” The same is true for being successful, especially in sport; if we have to tell people...
by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Sports Articles
We have previously considered how ambition can be dangerous and unhelpful to children if they, like the Shakespearian character Malvolio, are blinded by ambition and grandiose thoughts of themselves as well as the lure of greatness. He was the man in...
by admin | Jul 17, 2024 | Sports Articles
One of Shakespeare’s most quoted lines comes from his play ‘Twelfth Night’ when a lowly servant named Malvolio who has great aspirations of winning the hand of a beautiful lady in his master’s house, is encouraged by the alluring yet fateful words, “Some...
by admin | Jul 17, 2024 | Sports Articles
Climbing Mount Everest is seen to be the ultimate challenge, though it is certainly not one that this writer has attempted or even considered! Nevertheless, it is a feat that over five hundred people each year endeavour to do, despite the huge risks...
by admin | Jul 17, 2024 | Sports Articles
In the 1970s there was a popular children’s collection of stories in book and television format entitled ‘The Wombles of Wimbledon’. These Wombles were furry creatures who lived in burrows whose aim was to look after the environment by collecting and...
