UPDATE, FUNERAL DETAILS: Friday August 30th, at 11.30, at St James Church, Weybridge KT13 8DF DAVID EMERY, former sports editor of The Express, on the…
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Memorial service details for Hugh McIlvanney
There will be a memorial service for Hugh McIlvanney at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London EC4 on Thursday, May 16 (11.30am). Thanks …
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2018 British Sports Journalism awards: why future of sports writing is bright
JON RYAN, former sports editor of the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph, on why sports writing has a bright future after judging entries at the SJA …
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Thanks for the laughter – RIP Hugh McIlvanney
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA president, pays a wonderful tribute to Hugh McIlvanney, who has died at the age of 84 One winter evening in the eig…
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SJA Awards toast great McIlvanney’s career
At 82 years old, the only sports journalist ever to win Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards will be ending a glorious career which has …
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When Johnny Owen’s courage let him down
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: To conclude our series celebrating 60 years of sports journalism, we reprint HUGH McILVANNEY’s 1980 account of th…
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The Best years of our lives
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: As part of the SJA’s 60th anniversary, we are publishing a collection of articles that celebrate the best of Brit…
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