Sport
Building prefab houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help Australia’s housing crisis. What now?
Huge sporting events come with substantial public investment in housing. After Melbourne hosted the 1956 Olympics, about 600 houses in…
The case against golf courses
Golf courses – those rolling green hills on which elites spend American taxpayers' hard-earned dollars – occupy roughly 3,500 square…
Which cities have hosted the Super Bowl and where will it go in the future?
In January or February each year since 1967, the American Football Conference and National Football Conference champions of the National…
Here are five good reasons not to host the Olympic Games
The prospect of hosting any mega-event – especially the Olympics – is cause for serious consideration. At local, national, and…
How will the Commonwealth Games impact Birmingham?
This year’s Commonwealth Games are taking place in Birmingham in the UK between 28 July and 8 August. Also called…
The 2022 Commonwealth Games: Everything you need to know
Since 1930, nations have been brought together by the Commonwealth Games in the name of sports and internationality. However, the…
How much does the Commonwealth Games cost the government?
This is the third time the UK has hosted the games in the past two decades: in 2014 the games…
Is buying a football club a good investment?
On a warm August morning in 2019, Mel Morris, the owner of Derby County Football Club, felt as if he…
I helped produce the London Olympics opening ceremony: the spirit of 2012 is no antidote to Brexit Britain
A misplaced nostalgia continues to grow around the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. Chuka Umunna’s recent policy document for his…
Which football team does London support?
Back in 2013, Oxford University’s Internet Institute did a fantastic bit of work on localised football support. It aggregated the…