After England's cricketers famously lost to Australia at the Oval in August 1882 a mock obituary notice was published in the "Sporting Times", announcing that 'the body [of English cricket] would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia'. It was this announcement that brought 'the Ashes' into existence.

Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from!

This book offers new, multi-disciplinary perspectives on esports, one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the sport and leisure industries.

This book is devoted to the writing of the scholar-activist Bruce Kidd on sport and politics, the Canadian sport system and the Olympic Movement.

A true story following a young man's obsession to become aprofessional footballer. Forced into a northern industrial workingenvironment against his wishes fate intervenes taking Andy from the localpark pitches to Anfield Liverpool in just 12 months. A heart-warming story ofresilience to encourage anyone to follow their dream.

This book brings together academics and policy practitioners to provide new insights into the field of cultural governance, exploring its contemporary dynamics, dilemmas and challenges.

This book presents the creative industries as a suite of practices intimately connected to political, economic, and cultural power. Seeking to illuminate the creative industries through critical cultural analysis, the book shows the extent to which creative labour shapes our shared cultural and political realities, good and bad.