Olympics – A S H Smyth

The Gentleman’s Marathon

A S H Smyth — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:27:25 +0000

On my attempt to run 26.2 miles, in Pheidippides’ footsteps.

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For The Critic

NEWS AT A GLANCE

A S H Smyth — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:01:27 +0000

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A banker’s license in the United Kingdom costs £30 per annum.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, Friday, July 17 1908
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Sri Lanka has only 500 cases of the Coronavirus.

Germany has no elite universities.

There are a lot of porno videos featuring Scarlett Johansson’s face.

Mexico City is a good place to be an ankle-specialist.

The Spectator is the only magazine in history to print 10,000 issues.

Geoffrey Chaucer never earned a penny from his writing.

In the Maldives, they think all white men are the US military.

Søren Kierkegaard is the third-most-famous Dane, after Hamlet and Scooby-Doo.

Internet Explorer is an unsupported browser.

Simone Biles will not compete in the 2020 Olympics.

Boys are feeling much better.

Eleven Muslims have been into space.

There are potatoes in the Great Khan’s cellar.
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tempus fugit (epitaph)

A S H Smyth — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:23:29 +0000

“… and
formerly
the
fastest
man
on
the
planet.”

Town of Runners

A S H Smyth — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:03:56 +0000

Documentary on what’s in the water in the distance-running capital of the world: Bekoji, Ethiopia. (Reviewed.)

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For theartsdesk

theASHtray, vol.8

A S H Smyth — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:54:48 +0000

This week starring Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Vincent Van Gogh, The Wind-Up Merchant, Ric Jerrom, Oscar Wilde, Tony Hawks, Ireland, fridges, Guinness, extras, Tom Crean, Antarctic exploration, Felicity Aston, product placement, Land Rovers, Mark Ronson, Newsnight, the Olympics, Michaelangelo, and an infantile joke about muff-diving.

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For theartsdesk

theASHtray, vol.6

A S H Smyth — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:36:04 +0000

This week delving into the mysteries of Blood Cars, the Olympics, the (very) near future, the poppiest of pop literature, Antarctic exploration, organ donation – of both the voluntary and involuntary sort – and questionable legal defences in late-C.20th Caribbean culture.

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For theartsdesk