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The Essay

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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: A Sporting Lexicon

The Essay: A Sporting Lexicon: Episode 2: Guile

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A Sporting Lexicon

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Episode 2: Guile

Guile

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Writer Kamila Shamsie considers sportspeople who have always used 'guile'.

For a series in which authors choose a word to suggest sporting endeavour, Kamila Shamsie considers those who have always used 'guile'.

"The women's Olympic marathon is about to start..."

Kamila Shamsie stays up all night to watch a veteran runner in the Bejing Olympics of 2008 and how the runner used 'guile' to get her through. In fact, she went on to win the race and this was mainly due to guile, which has connotations with witchcraft..


Five writers choose a word that suggests sporting endeavour, 
and Kamila Shamsie thinks about 'guile'..

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Series in which five authors choose a word to suggest sporting endeavour

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