And it came to pass that Team GB didst look upon their works and, behold, they were good. And on the twelfth day they rested. Well, comparatively speaking anyway. Today there are only eleven gold medals available across the whole games, the fewest on any …
Even though we’re ten days into the Games of the 29th Olympiad there are still some competitors yet to get their campaigns underway. Two such athletes are pre-Beijing Londonist interviewees Jessica Walker (above left) and Anna Hemmings who, at 11am precisely (all times BST) will …
Please sit down before reading this. Great Britain is third in the Olympic medal table. There’s only China and the US ahead of us at the moment. Such lofty attainment is almost certainly unique in the years since we last held the Games ourselves in …
As we pen this latest despatch from the land of Olympia we are hunched over our table, bracing ourselves for the avalanche of must-see denouments and prospective medals set to sweep us away on this middle Saturday of the Games. So far London can lay …
But hark! Is that the sound of the William Tell Overture in the distance? It is! And with it comes a marauding horde of London track and field competitors poised to take over the Olympic show as, for a lot of casual observers, the Olympics …
As we supped a coffee in a Wembley Stadium cafe with the landmark venue’s Head of Music and New Events, Jim Frayling, we admired a large photo of the May 1975 attempt by daredevil motorcycle ace Evel Knievel to launch himself over thirteen single-deck AEC …
It looks like summer might actually have arrived in London this week, but if you’re determined to stay inside, here are a few things to help you bide the time. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 30 July The Tower (BBC1, 22:35-11:25) After the disputes last …
Although the official clock in Stratford told us that this was the case back in December, it is now actually 2012 days until the 2012 Olympics. However, Colin Jackson’s hopes aren’t high. In an interview with the Guardian, the former 110m hurdles world record holder …
Almost everyone who owns a mobile phone has either accidentally or very deliberately thrown their contraption across great distances – and if you haven’t managed to do something destructive to your telecommunications gadget, then you’re not using it properly. The urge to hurl is so …
Imagine for a moment that you’re Ivan Basso. If anyone’s going to beat Lance Armstrong it’s going to be you. And if you’re going to do it at any point it’s going to have to be on the toughest part of the toughest stage of …
As London gets back into her groove, it has become time to get back to what we do best. For other Londonist writers, that would involve a weekend overdosing on zombie flicks, or maybe a trip to the opera, perhaps a brisk walk around some …
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