The Coup, the Poet and the Secret to Winning Wimbledon
From Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Published 7/7/2023
“If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss..." Those words - from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" - were based on charismatic nineteenth century doctor, Leander Starr Jameson. In Britain, Jameson was worshipped as a plucky hero: a bastion of courage and…
