Tag: funding
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Ice-Cream, Politics & Gossip Girl: What’s Wrong with the Olympics?
Every four years when the Olympics roll around I make a big fuss about “bullshit nationalism,” the government “wasting money on elite sport” and “stupid commentators and awful coverage.” But inevitably I end up staying up till 4am watching ridiculously obscure sports that I would never normally pay attention to like badminton, handball and dressage. I’ve spent a fair bit of time thinking about why,…