George’s fast, furious and full-on Paralympic dream

One of the most physical and possibly even savage of all para-sports, wheelchair rugby is fast, furious and full-on. A member of GB Wheelchair Rugby’s talent pathway squad, just one step below the elite squad that won Olympic Gold in Tokyo last year, the sport is all very far removed from the polite audiences that Lighthouse steward George Rogers helps see to their seats.

Henry Rollins 2009

With every justification he’s been described as a punk rock polymath and it’s clear that, in middle age, the barely contained intensity that drove his music has found a parallel in the relentless curiosity that fuels his wandering. I caught up with him over Christmas 2009 just after he returned from eight weeks in Saudi Read More…