{"id":50796,"date":"2017-04-04T01:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T18:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-curious-appeal-of-the-oxford-v-cambridge-boat-race-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2017-04-04T01:47:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T18:47:47","slug":"the-curious-appeal-of-the-oxford-v-cambridge-boat-race-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-curious-appeal-of-the-oxford-v-cambridge-boat-race-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"The curious appeal of the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Boat Race | Guerilla gardening | Gender-neutral titles | George Osborne\u2019s clothing line | San SerriffeBarry Glendenning writes: \u201cThe Boat Race \u2026 is often derided as a symbol of class elitism [but] this sporting spectacle retains a curious appeal among millions with no particular interest in rowing or either university involved\u201d (Sport, 3\u00a0April). Roger Bannister\u2019s historic four-minute mile also involved a bunch of posh Oxbridge amateurs but also attracted thousands of spectators. Perhaps, in a world where most top-level sport is highly commercialised (and dominated by another sort of elite), the fact that the boat race is one of the few first-class sporting events that is still truly amateur has\u00a0something to do with its appeal. Perhaps we need more of this sort of thing, not less.Robert AndersonLondon\u2022 Like Patrick Barkham (How native are your daffs?, 28 March) I am not too keen on the excessive displays of large daffodils on urban verges. They may well be better than scalping the verges of wild flowers \u2013 but\u00a0still look out of place. I\u2019d love to see our native primrose (Primula vulgaris) planted instead. Or\u00a0cowslips (Primula veris) , which are much rarer in the wild. The primroses in our garden produce a range of colours, from pinks through to white, they spread readily and look after themselves as long as they don\u2019t get too much sun. Can I suggest Guardian readers do some guerilla gardening and plant primroses?Jill BennettSt Albans Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2017\/apr\/03\/the-curious-appeal-of-the-oxford-v-cambridge-boat-race\" target=\"_blank\">The curious appeal of the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Boat Race | Guerilla gardening | Gender-neutral titles | George Osborne\u2019s clothing line |&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ddi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50366,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/londons-riverside-and-the-pull-of-the-boat-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":50796,"position":0},"title":"London\u2019s riverside and the pull of the Boat Race","date":"March 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The annual Oxford v Cambridge university rowing contest puts some of capital\u2019s loveliest properties in the spotlight\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...London\u2019s riverside and the pull of the Boat Race","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":115847,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/home-not-away-the-tulip-project-in-pictures\/","url_meta":{"origin":50796,"position":1},"title":"Home, not away: the Tulip Project \u2013\u00a0in pictures","date":"April 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r What does the Guardian\u2019s decorated sports photographer do in lockdown? 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