Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Harvard novelist, Hollywood … that’s ocean racing

March 10th, 2010

* SARAH HAMES is a lawyer by education but swapped the bar for the piste, then PR. She knows her sport from the inside, the offside and blind side, with a portfolio stretching from the hallowed corridors of the All England Club to the expanses of the Southern Ocean... . . . . . By Sarah Hames 10 March 2010 What do the following have in common? The 22-year-old American teen heartthrob, Zac Efron, of High School Musical fame; a 2004 novel by the Harvard and Oxford history graduate-turned-writer, Ben Sherwood; the world of sports PR; and a solo round-the-world yacht race? More than you may think actually…. The Death and...

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‘This was the present that kept on giving . . . rugby and romance in perfect harmony’

February 4th, 2010

. By Sarah Hames 4 February 2010 I recently endured, sorry, celebrated, what’s known as a ‘landmark’ birthday.  Sadly that landmark involved neither a ‘2’ nor a ‘1' but a ‘3’ and a ‘0’.  Boyfriend was wondering what might be a suitable gift to mark such an auspicious event, and I would like to say that he came up with the following all by himself. But actually I did. It occurred to me as we were snug in a pub, watching England in one of the autumn international rugby matches. In fact I believe on that particular rainy Saturday we were having our arses...

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