squash and culture

1 min read 2021-10-31 21:54:10

Blue Iranian Squash

Readers of The Squash Life Blog will be familiar with the development of squash in Iran, particularly the inclusion of women in the sport at both

1 min read 2021-06-30 21:48:56

So, as a squash lover, what the heck have you been doing during the last eighteen months? Well, here’s at least one thing young squash enthusiast

1 min read 2021-04-30 01:45:11

I may have a terrible memory but I’m pretty sure that no squash-themed sex story has ever appeared in the pages of The Hollywood Gossip blog. Yet

1 min read 2021-01-31 01:11:09

With a global pandemic raging, a national lockdown in force and participation in most indoor sports suspended, it might be thought unusual for the

2 min read 2020-12-01 00:17:55

What with all the Covid-19 pandemic coverage clogging up the news media, it’s easy to overlook the far-reaching impact of shifting global

1 min read 2020-10-31 22:04:51

For squash enthusiasts, there’s probably nothing more educational or fun during a COVID-19 lockdown than investigating the physical properties of

2 min read 2020-09-24 23:50:11

After recent reports in the Indian media of Saurav Ghosal’s lockdown experiences come the views of the current world men’s number 13 on player

1 min read 2020-08-31 21:41:22

Straight from the world of Indian social media comes the news that current men’s number 13, Saurav Ghosal, is to host a new web-based chat show. In

1 min read 2020-07-30 23:33:43

It’s not often I stumble across squash art projects although it’s always gratifying to see the game being used to inspire off-court artistic

2 min read 2020-06-01 00:13:46

Fordham University is a private research institution whose campus is located in the Bronx neighbourhood of New York City. Established in 1841, the

2 min read 2020-03-01 01:34:14

Having previously written about the inexorable rise of Egyptian squash, it’s refreshing to share some recent stories from another African

2 min read 2020-02-01 02:08:55

Browsing, as I occasionally do, the Lancashire Evening Post, I recently came across a headline which inspired me to further explore the British

2 min read 2020-01-01 01:30:32

OK, I’ll admit that I don’t spend much time scouring squash club notice boards, internet websites or street signs looking for posters advertising

2 min read 2019-12-01 04:20:00

As someone with his finger on the pulse of world squash (no, really), I have to admit that a recent article in The Times came as a bit of a surprise.

1 min read 2019-08-30 23:27:45

For Part 1 of “Hijab Stories” go to the following link. In the space of a few days in early August, I stumbled across two stories connected by a