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The Boat Race: A Short History of Britain's Long Rivalry on the Thames

The Boat Race: A Short History of Britain's Long Rivalry on the Thames

It began, as so many English traditions do, with two friends and a disagreement about where to hold the party. In 1829, Charles Merivale of St John's College, Cambridge, and his old school friend Charles Wordsworth of Christ Church, Oxford, arranged a race at Henley-on-Thames between
The Hare 04 Apr 2026

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