Chen Hongzhu and Liu Guanguang are but two representatives of a young and ambitious camp of contemporary Chinese artists. Both in their mid-twenties, Chen and Liu’s China is one exposed to choices and influences that earlier generations couldn’t have imagined. Products of the state’s one-child …
Returning from the Beijing Olympics a gold medal bearing hero, boxer James DeGale must now face another kind of battle – that within himself over whether to stick it out with Team GB for London 2012 and defend his title in his hometown or to …
There was a bit of an awkward silence at London House in Beijing when the image of Myra Hindley flashed up during a video meant to promote London. A six-minute video by Visit London was playing on a loop at London House for a private …
Square Pie are celebrating the Olympics in Beijing the only way they know how: by baking special square pies. To mark the games in China, the current Pie of the Month is the Olym-pie special which is not a fawning, deep-fill, sweet and sour bird’s …
If you, like the people above in Trafalgar Square, kicked back in front Olympic TV yesterday you will have enjoyed Saturday’s festival of British medal winning which included “Team London” adding significantly to Emma Pooley’s silver. Top of the bill was the men’s four who …
Before we go any further let this column give up a “Hip! Hip!” and a whopping helping of “Hurrah!” for Emma Pooley’s silver medal ride in yesterday’s individual time trial. Regular readers will know that we are by no means arrivistes where Emma is concerned …
While the world and its singlet waits in anticipation for tomorrow’s opening of the 2008 Olympics, folk in London’s Chinatown are less than excited, claims one report. Money worries mean the 100,000 strong Chinese community packed into Soho’s eastern climes are less focused on the …
On Friday, the best place to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is probably in the Bird’s Nest Stadium. If you’ve mislaid your £373 ticket down the back of the sofa, there are still heaps of other options beside vegging at …
The Beijing 2008 Olympics is officially ‘over’ on the evening of 24th August, when the closing ceremony takes place in their enormous ‘bird’s nest’ stadium. London gets a few minutes in the ceremony as part of the Handover, which will be shown on big screens …
Ken Livingston’s vision of driving a Routemaster to Beijing as a 2012 promotional exercise may have been ditched as a total waste of time and money because of the Sichuan earthquake but the bus itself is still in line to be the star of the …
2008 Olympians above, left to right: Bradley Wiggins – track and road bicycle racer, John McFall – Paralympic sprinter, Heather Fell – modern pentathlon, Tom Daley – diving (10m platform), Victoria Pendleton – track cyclist, Liz Yelling – marathon, Chris Tomlinson – long jump. The …
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