Rewriting Sport and the British: A discussion on the revised edition of Richard Holt's Sport & the British

So many of the world’s sports have their origins in Britain. Why is this? How did sports innovate and evolve in step with social upheaval, and political and cultural change? Why did British forms of play become so influential around the world?Richard Holt explores all these questions and more in a new edition of Sport and the British: A Modern History. For over thirty years Sport and the British has been the standard work on the history of sport in Britain, and the new edition provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research.The original text, published in 1989, has been described as the "Bible of British sports history". In this new edition, Professor Holt provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research in the field and we were lucky to have such an esteemed panel in Raf Nicholson, Rob Colls, Dil Porter and Tony Collins join Richard Holt in discussing the book at length at the Institute of Historical Research in London in what was a record crowd of 70+ for the Sport and Leisure History Seminar series and chaired by BSSH Vice-chair Amanda Callan-Spenn. Thia podcast is a British Society of Sports History (BSSH) production from the UK's leading society for the history of sport.. You can find the podcast on all social media & major podcast platforms here.Likewise, Click through to the BSSH website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the British Society of Sport History: https://www.sportinhistory.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.