{"id":2334,"date":"2012-05-13T18:26:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T18:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2334"},"modified":"2018-05-06T12:19:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T12:19:29","slug":"the-ball-is-round","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/the-ball-is-round\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Ball Is Round<\/h2>\n<p>Why is football is the world game? What kind of world does it show us? David Goldblatt surveys the \u2018beautiful game\u2019 and \u2018goes in hard\u2019 on the money men who increasingly dominate what was once the peoples\u2019 game. Goldblatt is a Tottenham fan and the acclaimed author of <em>The Ball is Round<\/em> a global history of football.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to this talk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Goldblatt<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2334-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot.mp3\">https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2334-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot_qa.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot_qa.mp3\">https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot_qa.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul class=\"q-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot.mp3\">Downlaod David Goldblatt&#8217;s talk <\/a>(56 mins, 9.7mb mp3 file)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/dwtf2008\/goldblatt_foot_qa.mp3\">Download the Q&amp;A<\/a> (1hr 7mins, 11.5mb mp3 file)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ball Is Round Why is football is the world game? 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