Were The Olympics Good Or Bad For London?
Who won and lost (other than the athletes)?
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Nike Statue To Be Unveiled In Woolwich
That’s the goddess, not the shoe.
Preview: Bandstand Marathon Across London And UK
Closing the London 2012 Festival with some ooom-pah-pah.
Paralympic Lowdown: Tuesday 4 September
The key things to know for Tuesday’s action.
Paralympics Tickets: Let’s Make It A Sellout
You can still get into the Olympic Park and watch sport for just £15.
SAS Have A Secret Olympic Base With Lots Of Guns And Stuff
Terrorists: don’t even think about it…
Badminton Olympics Venue Still Not Sorted
The argument over a venue for the 2012 badminton tournament continues to flutter back and forth like a thorny yet somehow aerodynamic shuttlecock. You may recall snatches of the back story. The IOC complained about dithering after organisers nixed a £40 million temporary venue on …
National Portrait Gallery Kicks Off 1000 Day Olympic Countdown
Denise Lewis and Jonathan Edwards. © Brian Griffin – National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 Project As part of the 1000 day countdown to the 2008 games, Beijing PR bods invited locally based foreign residents to go on a long-distance jog around a Lake. Facing …
Boris Wants An ‘Eiffel Tower’ For Olympics Site
Could this crimson pylon be built on the Olympic site? The Times has gotten wind of a plan to build a colossal monument near Stratford to act as a lasting architectural legacy for the games, driven by the Mayor. “He wants to build something quite …
Decathlon Of Stamps Celebrates London Olympics
Olympic organisers today unveiled images of the first London2012 stamps. The set of ten sporting rectangles goes on sale on 22 October. Designs carry the London2012 logo and represent canoe slalom, track events, aquatics, judo, badminton, weightlifting and basketball, as well as equestrian, bocchia and …
Inside the 2012 Olympic Park
It’s one year today since construction began on the Olympic Park at Stratford. Driving through the vast building site yesterday, the progress is apparent and staggering. The stadium, of course, is already a significant landmark on the East London skyline. But other buildings are also …
