2012

The Olympic cauldron

Olympic Cauldron & The Shard Make Design Award Longlist

Several other London projects also up for Design Museum’s annual prize.

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Londonist’s Top Articles 2012

Hardly a mention of the Olympics.

Londonist Out Loud 28th December 2012

Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast About London, 30 December 2012

N Quentin Woolf looks back at the highlights of 2012 for London.

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Weekend Round-Up

Bank Holiday Weekend news from around London town.

Untitled (Swimming 1) in Stefano Nicolini: Champions at Richard Young Gallery

Olympic Art Exhibitions

A list of all the art exhibitions directly inspired or related to the Olympic games.

"Did Seb Coe REALLY come up with this slogan?"

Can You Beat The Olympic Brand Police?

Gold medal for effort for some of these creative ways to get around Olympic branding ban.

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How To Say ‘Stand On The Right Please’ In 29 Languages

We went crowd-sourcing to build the definitive international guide to telling people off on escalators.

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Olympic Sport Lowdown: Boxing

London gets ready to rumble.

A joke transport policy document, and the real thing.

Did Boris Write Twenty Twelve ‘Way To Go!’ Gag?

Fiction and reality blur between ‘Twenty Twelve’ parody transport strategy and Boris Johnson’s real transport strategy.

Tourists queuing to have their photo with an Olympic clock, months ago. Imagen what the real thing will be like!

How To Cope With London’s 2012 Tourists

We’ve got five simple rules to survive the tourist storm on the horizon.

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Preview: London 20:12 Photographic Exhibition

Photos taken at precisely 12 minutes past 8, or 20:12.