Vloggers making a difference: PewDiePie
At The Best You, we recognise those who are using their digital space to educate, empower and do good for others They’re some of the biggest YouTube names, so we salute them when they lend their digital space to a great cause… Aka Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, the Swedish YouTube star has helped […]
Vloggers making a difference: Jim Chapman
At The Best You, we recognise those who are using their digital space to educate, empower and do good for others They’re some of the biggest YouTube names, so we salute them when they lend their digital space to a great cause… He raised almost £6k when he ran the London Marathon in aid […]
Vloggers making a difference: Zalfie
At The Best You, we recognise those who are using their digital space to educate, empower and do good for others They’re some of the biggest YouTube names, so we salute them when they lend their digital space to a great cause… That’s YouTube golden couple Zoella and Alfie, of course. Zoella has worked […]
No limits ahead: Tanni Grey-Thompson by Bernardo Moya
Outstanding Paralympian, member of the House of Lords, television presenter and disability rights campaigner, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson tells Bernardo Moya how disability must never limit your aspirations Carys Davina Grey-Thompson was born on 26 July 1969 with spina bifida, a birth defect which left her paralysed below the waist from an early age. Brought […]
Last mile
When Paula Radcliffe announced that she would run her last London Marathon in 2015 it merely marked the start of a new chapter for this determined athlete, reports Dr Stephen Simpson In January 2015 Paula Radcliffe announced that the April 2015 London Marathon would be her last, bringing to an end an illustrious career spanning […]
Top 6 marathons
1.London First held on 29 March 1981, the 35th London Marathon was conceived in The Dysart Arms, Richmond by keen amateur runners, John Disley and Chris Brasher. Inspired by the New York City Marathon, the pair set about creating the first event which was run by 6,255 finishers. Now a major sporting event shown in […]
Rob Young Marathon man
With a world record to break and a plan to transform the lives of disadvantaged children around the globe, Rob Young is a man on a mission For most people, running a marathon would be a life achievement, a tick on the bucket list. When Rob Young watched the London Marathon last year, he was inspired […]
Chris Brasher: A man of many talents
Chris Brasher, was an Olympic champion athlete, a mountaineer, a writer, a television executive and an entrepreneur whose greatest legacy to British life was the London Marathon, the world’s largest single charity event. Perhaps Brasher was destined to succeed. Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of a radio engineer, he was schooled in […]