Bøger af Richard Holt

Franz Beckenbauer once observed that, in England, «war correspondents get their say whenever their team plays us.» In Crossing the Line?, Christoph Wagner surveys German football rivalry in the second half of the twentieth century as it was played out on the pitch and in the press. The Second World War undoubtedly cast a long shadow, framing the way in which matches were previewed and reported. The contrasting fortunes of the British and West German economies and British anxieties regarding German unification also impacted on sports coverage. An intense Anglo-German international football rivalry was forged against this backdrop. Newspaper readers often turn to the back page first and first impressions are important. Press coverage helped to shape what the English thought of the Germans and what they thought of themselves. Crossing the Line? - which includes an important chapter on the German media - focuses largely on the part played by English newspapers in generating a simplistic sporting commentary heavily dependent on stereotypes before it overreached itself in the mid-1990s and the German popular press began to hit back. As English football pundits often remind their viewers: «You can never underestimate the Germans».

On a narrow stretch of desolate beach hundreds of kilometres away from the closest civilization stands an enormous, ancient, wooden barn. Inside, sixteen people of varying ages and backgrounds struggle through icy cold winters, stifling hot summers, and a feast or famine supply of the basic necessities of life, waiting to be chosen. From every surface, surveillance cameras record every moment. There is only one rule to life in the Barn: No one can ever leave. Not willingly. Ash, the youngest of the inhabitants, has never known a life outside of the Barn. He, like most of the others, has been trapped here for as long as he can remember. Alongside his best friend Michael, Ash leads a relatively comfortable and privileged life compared to the others. As he ages however, Ash slowly begins to realize that life in the barn isn't at all what it seems to be. When the unthinkable happens, Ash is left with a tough choice: to either continue to lay low and stay quiet as others are taken from the barn instead of him, or to step up and volunteer himself to visit the infamous Mr. Irvine, potentially subjecting himself to a life more captive and horrific than anything he could have imagined. Contains some coarse language and inferences of sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing

Richard Holt has become a familiar face after opening his cafe at Melin Llynnon, Anglesey, and via the two S4C series - ''Anrhegion Melys Richard Holt'' and ''Yr Academi Felys''. In this volume he records his story, his upbringing on Anglesey, his work at some of London''s best restaurants and his return to his roots, and also presents a feast of...

* Explores British sport as experienced by those who watched it, played it, wrote and talked about it. * Gives equal attention to the post--war years and to the more immediate present. * Includes discussion of women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled within the general text rather than treating them separately.

A collection of microfiction and short stories by Australian author and artist, Richard Holt.Richard Holt invites readers into corners that become dark, into places in which they do not belong and into moments that will change things utterly for his imperfect protagonists. The stories in What you might find grapple with misunderstandings, the weight of pasts and the moments when fates change course.Richard Holt’s stories are truly addictive: perfectly formed, funny and tragic glimpses under the surface of life.TONI JORDAN, Our Tiny, Useless HeartsRichard Holt's work combines unique storytelling voices, finely crafted stories and an appreciation of the particular constraints and possibilities of flash fiction.CALUM KERR, Director, National Flash-Fiction Day (UK)In the fewest of words, Richard Holt evokes powerful moods, morally complex stories, immersive settings, and characters that are heartbreakingly human. His stories are a deft blending of literary and vernacular voices.ILKA TAMPKE, SkinRICHARD HOLT is a writer from Melbourne. His microfiction has been published by Spineless Wonders (Stoned Crows…, 2012, Writing To The Edge, 2013, Flashing The Square, 2014, Out of Place, 2105, Landmarks, 2017), Cuttlefish, Visible Ink, and by UK publisher, Gumbo Press. His short stories have been published in Visible Ink, Etchings, Victorian Writer, Best Australian Sports Writing (Random House, 1997) and online in the Irish Literary Review. He was a Semi-Finalist in the Raymond Carver Short Story Competition, 2016, and is a past winner of the Antipodes Sorrento Short Story Competition. His poetry is included in Australian Love Poems (Inkerman & Blunt, 2013) and has been broadcast on Radio National and 3RRR. His non-fiction writing has appeared in journals including ArtLink, World Art, Art Monthly and AR (Architecture Review) and his creative non-fiction has appeared in a number of collections of sports writing. He also produces text-based videos, artworks and interactive text-based installations for public spaces, and was co-founder of Melbourne zine store, Sticky. He is a former recipient of a Maurice Saxby Mentorship for Children’s Writers and Illustrators and was Bayside Writer in Residence in 2013. 

Richard Holt draws on his extensive experience in discourse analysis and Web design to present a picture of the Internet as a potentially powerful tool of civic discourse in the third millennium.

As the United States continues its slow climb out of the Great Recession, it is important to focus on new directions to improve the standard of living in

List of Plates Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Sport in its Social Context PART I: CASE-STUDIES The Spread of Field Sports The Growth of Gymnastics: Patriotism or Pleasure? The English Sports: Gentlemen and Players Cyclings as a Commercial Spectacle Bullfighting and Cockfighting: he Survival of Regional Culture PART II: MAJOR THEMES The Tradition of Violence: Brutality, Hooliganism and Combativity Sport and Sociability Sport and Status Sport and Politics: Ideology and Recruitment Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index