Three Monkeys Travel & Sport Articles
Mens sana in corpore sano, as Monkeys' mate Juvenal was wont to say - and so TMO writes not just about the arts, but also about the physical and cultural experiences of travel and sport. We're keen to expand our travel and sport section, so if you're an aspiring journalist in the field get in touch. We'd love to hear from you, through our submissions page .
Barcelona in Carlos Ruiz Zafon's best-selling novel The Shadow of the Wind is a cold, mist-shrouded place filled with mystery. Steven Porter strolls around the novel's locations, finding plenty of history, mystery and beauty, and thankfully precious little fog.
By Steven Porter
When Daniel Sempere visits the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, his father invites the boy to take his pick from the shelves. Daniel settles on The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax; a Barcelona writer exiled in Paris. Carax's work has become much sought after due to its rarity. Even the devil wants a copy. The novel, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafón, first published in 2001, bears the same name. I...
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A campaign by Ireland's leading sports personalities, Show Racism the Red Card, highlights the role sport can have in integrating immigrant communities in the social fabric of a country. But to what extent does Ireland's sporting infrastructure welcome immigrant talent? Brendan Coffey looks at the 'immigration debate' through the prism of sport.
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A chance encounter on the banks of the Danube reminds Horatio Morpurgo that, while the EU prepares to accept Romania and Bulgaria into its ranks, these countries provide a precious doorway into the history of Europe.
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Sydney Hulls joined the Daily Express as a sports reporte in 1950. During his long and varied career he covered some of the great sporting moments of his times. Focussing particularly on boxing, he met the greats like Sugar Ray Robinson, George Foreman, and his personal favourite Muhhamad Ali. In interview with Ascen Arriazu Hulls looks back over a sporting life.
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Cork City have an unofficial fan club in the most unlikeliest of places - Italy. With the thrills of Serie A at their disposal, two football fans from Bologna, tired of polemics, politics, and pettiness decided to go in search of a 'purer football' - and ended up in Cork! Three Monkeys Online met up with the Rebel Army's Bologna branch to find out more.
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Oscar 'The Golden Boy' De La Hoya challenges Ricardo 'El Matador' Mayorga for the WBC Light Middleweight title. Padraig McGrath, no stranger to the ring, assesses De La Hoya's chances, and future.
Each year as the football season dwindles, as winners coast home, the media endeavour to stir up excitement over the 'heroic' relegation battles taking place. This year, though, Gerard Fitzgibbon argues that they'll have their hands full generating interest.
Cork City have an unofficial fan club in the most unlikeliest of places - Italy. With the thrills of Serie A at their disposal, two football fans from Bologna, tired of polemics, politics, and pettiness decided to go in search of a 'purer football' - and ended up in Cork! Three Monkeys Online met up with the Rebel Army's Bologna branch to find out more.
One man meets a mountain. Fred Sengmueller writes light-heartedly about the solitary sport of climbing, and his obsession with the 'Keyhole' in British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Park.
Like a replay of Eric Cantona's dramatic departure, eight years ago, Roy Keane's split with Manchester United has left many a 'true red' shellshocked. Gerard Fitzgibbon, himself a Man Utd. fan, offers some sage words and analysis as the club ushers in the post-Keane era.
While two Grand Prixs have been and gone without a Schumacher podium presence, it may look as if the world has been turned ...
So far Bill Quigley's pre-season prediction that Wales and Ireland would be the leading teams in the 2005 Six Nations competition ...
Laos has the unusual and unfortunate distinction of being the most heavily bombed, per capita, country in the world. Lacking infra...
The rugby six nations competition for 2005 kicks off in the first weekend of February. Three Monkeys Online sports writer, Bill Qu...
Leaving the chaos of Delhi, Barbara Casolari travels through Rajasthan, encountering nature, spirituality, and the many paradoxes ...
Geography and history, pub crawls and gilded spires clash and collide. Pictures of Prague is not a travelogue, but a poetic attemp...
A cruise on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is, for many, the highlight of a trip down under. In this article, r...
Like many travellers, Bill Quigley arrived in Kuala Lumpur as a stopover on his way to Australia. Two days wandering around Malays...
Haggling, heat stroke, and visions of Laurence of Arabia. All in a three day's camel trekking adventure for Mike Moffatt in the I...
One of the major tourist attractions in New York, during February 2005, was the installation work The Gates, Central Park, New ...
