Harry Pearson

Harry Pearson gives a moving account on the impact dementia is having on those closest to him

Every spring, Liège-Bastogne-Liège rolls around to ask the world’s best cyclists the same pitiless question: how much hurt can you take? La Doyenne is a race of survival, not style. With unpredictable weather, merciless hills and a history steeped in suffering, this Ardennes classic isn’t just a race – it’s a war of attrition on two wheels.

The quirky superstitions of sports people.

The writer's father discusses funeral arrangements

You might not know their names but you’ll miss those familiar faces on the terraces once they’re gone

The strange sports of Belgium from vertical archery to jeu de crosse via chirruping linnets

All eyes will be on Germany’s industrial heartland next month as Euro 2024 kicks off. We explore the region’s heritage, renewal and sporting history

A look at the different types of British stile and their place in literature and art.

Harry Pearson is a former sports columnist for the Guardian. A former travel feature writer for Conde Naste Traveller and Contributing Editor of GQ, his book The Far Corner: A Hazy Dribble Through North-East Football was the runner-up in the 1995 Sports Book of the Year awards
January 2025
Guardian Sport Network
The characters in the crowd who bring life to non-league football
You might not know their names but you’ll miss those familiar faces on the terraces once they’re gone
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Taking over the world might not seem the most festive of activities, but a game of Risk will see you through from First Night to the last of the leftovers.

A look at the history of skating in Britain from King Charles II to the great Fen speed skaters of the Victorian era.

Perhaps the most impressive fortification ever undertaken by the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall — a 73-mile collar across the throat of Britain — is an extravagant, almost theatrical construction, separating conquered England from the wild tribes north of the Border, built at a time when the Roman Empire covered most of the known world from the north of England to what is now Iraq.

Travel writers take a salty, summer saunter through old-fashioned seaside towns that have ‘not yet been Airbnb-brushed out of existence’

A look at the habits and history of the Eider Duck, Northumberland's county bird.

A look at the bizarre and colourful history of snuff.