This item is an oar from the 1938 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and was found in a skip in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. In 1938, Oxford won the race so the oar lists all the members of the victor ...
Traditionally, fishermen controlled the boats by waving an oar back and forth in an arc-like motion. Since basket boats are round, learning how to steer one with a wooden oar requires a unique set ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities is to be renamed after a designer watch as ...
Rose Ravetz and Huw Wahl documented the lives of people who travelled by boat using a 1960s hand-wound camera. Wind, Tide & Oar was chosen to premiere at the National Maritime Museum before it ...
Chanel is having a first punt at sports sponsorship as it becomes the official partner of the historic Oxford-Cambridge boat race. The French luxury fashion house will make waves at the 2025 ...