The story of your life
Subtitle: a history of the Sporting Life newspaper (1859-1998)
By: James Lambie
Publisher: Matador
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 611
ISBN-13: 9781848762916
Subjects: Sports journalism; History; Sporting life (London, England)
Description: The intriguing story and turbulent history of a paper Charles Dickens praised for its 'range of information and profundity of knowledge', and which Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, simply endorsed with the remark: 'Of course I read The Sporting Life'. It was the Queen Mother's love of horseracing that made her such an avid reader of the Life and coverage of that sport forms the core of this book, but there is so much more to fascinate the reader including eyewitness accounts of the first fight for the heavyweight championship of the world and Captain Webb's heroic Channel swim of 1875. Highlights in the history of cricket, football and rugby are also featured, while chapters on coursing and greyhound racing rank alongside surreal reports on ratting contests and songbird singing competitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-587) and index.