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London 2012 OlympicsInformation, news and affairs relating to the London 2012 Olympics27 July - 12 August 2012 - London, Great Britain |
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Waggish columnists have, naturally, been wringing every last drop of derision from their creative juicebanks in the cause of humiliating poor old, one-eyed, Wenlock and Mandeville. Londonist begins its round-up of trans-continental scorn as follows:
Well, it was always going to happen, wasn’t it? Had the Olympic organisers reanimated Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris and Harry [...]
AN EXPERT in events management has been given a key role in helping to ensure the smooth running of the London 2012 Olympics.
It seems all that counts in 2012 is getting gold medals. So forget any proper investment in sport
Weirdly, it was then thought, Tony Blair chose to launch his 2001 manifesto in a school: St Saviour’s and St Olave’s, Southwark. Perhaps forgetting the traditional affinity between deranged leaders and parties of dumbstruck children, Clare Short said [...]
Lucy Mangan on the people hitting the headlines in the past seven days
Loss leaders
Milibands, Balls, Burnham, Abbott, McDonnell and …
It may sound like a re-imagining of the roll call for Trumpton but it is of course the full (at time of going to press) list of people who have indicated their willingness to take part [...]
The Primary Substation that will help power the Olympic Park during and after the Games has won an award for architectural excellence.
Michael Phelps has hinted that he won’t be repeating his record eight gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics.
New government department to combine DCMS with responsibility for London 2012 Olympics
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport in a newly created department in the Lib Dem/Conservative coalition government.
Hunt’s new brief combines the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Tessa Jowell’s ministerial responsibility for the London 2012 [...]
The supermarket chain is the first to sign as a Paralympics-only sponsor in the largest deal in the event’s history
Sainsbury’s has signed up as the first sole sponsor of the 2012 London Paralympics, in what the organising committee claims is the largest sponsorship of the event in its history.
Sainsbury’s, the first partner to sign as [...]
Thousands of teenagers hoping to volunteer to help at the London 2012 Games will miss out because of child protection laws.
Jersey’s Gemma Green helped her GB dressage team to a bronze medal in her Nations Cup debut in France.
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