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Articles tagged with ‘Olympics’

Oscar Pistorius: From Hero to Zero Oscar Pistorius: From Hero to Zero

Posted on Feb 21st, 2013 by under Sport

The South African is a world renown athlete...

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The Top Ten Most Memorable Art Moments of 2012: Part 1 The Top Ten Most Memorable Art Moments of 2012: Part 1

Posted on Jan 7th, 2013 by under Arts

The year of 2012 will go down in history in British sport, that...

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Posted on Dec 21st, 2012 by under Sport

If there was a year to be nominated for BBC’s Sports Personality...

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A Drawing A Day Project: Paralympics A Drawing A Day Project: Paralympics

Posted on Sep 11th, 2012 by under Culture

So the Olympics were over, but did the world sleep and forget?

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London: Paralympians London: Paralympians

Posted on Sep 11th, 2012 by under Current

At the beginning of the Paralympic Games I didn’t know how to react...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 09/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 09/09

Posted on Sep 9th, 2012 by under News & Info

The final day of the Paralympics is a quiet one on the sports front...

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Paralympics Round-up #10 Paralympics Round-up #10

Posted on Sep 9th, 2012 by under Sport

The battle for second place in the medal table intensified...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 08/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 08/09

Posted on Sep 8th, 2012 by under News & Info

Saturday starts off another hectic day for team GB!

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Paralympics Round-up #9 Paralympics Round-up #9

Posted on Sep 8th, 2012 by under Sport

After plundering the Olympic Stadium for medals...

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Paralympics Round-up #8 Paralympics Round-up #8

Posted on Sep 7th, 2012 by under Sport

GB stormed back into second place in the medal table...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 07/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 07/09

Posted on Sep 7th, 2012 by under News & Info

Another cluster of swimming and athletics medals...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 06/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 06/09

Posted on Sep 6th, 2012 by under News & Info

It’s medal day in the sailing, as well as...

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Paralympics Round-up #7 Paralympics Round-up #7

Posted on Sep 6th, 2012 by under Sport

British athletes managed thirteen more medals on...

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Paralympics Round-up #6 Paralympics Round-up #6

Posted on Sep 5th, 2012 by under Sport

There was impressive medal success from the usual suspects...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 04/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 04/09

Posted on Sep 4th, 2012 by under News & Info

Another evening packed with swimming...

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Paralympics Round-up #5 Paralympics Round-up #5

Posted on Sep 4th, 2012 by under Sport

It wasn’t quite the golden explosion of the previous day...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 03/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 03/09

Posted on Sep 3rd, 2012 by under Sport

It’s an evening packed with medal chance...

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Paralympics Round-up #4 Paralympics Round-up #4

Posted on Sep 3rd, 2012 by under Sport

An emphatic cluster of golds and the biggest daily medal...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 02/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 02/09

Posted on Sep 2nd, 2012 by under News & Info

It looks to be another day of Swimming...

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Paralympics Round-up #3 Paralympics Round-up #3

Posted on Sep 2nd, 2012 by under Sport

Britain’s Paralympic athletes celebrated...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 01/09 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 01/09

Posted on Sep 1st, 2012 by under News & Info

It will be an evening full of swimming and athletics...

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Paralympics Round-up #2 Paralympics Round-up #2

Posted on Sep 1st, 2012 by under Sport

Another successful day for GB, as a host of...

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Paralympics Round-up #1 Paralympics Round-up #1

Posted on Aug 31st, 2012 by under Sport

They wanted a solid start...

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Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 30/08 Paralympic: GB Events Coming Up 30/08

Posted on Aug 30th, 2012 by under News & Info

After last night's extravaganza, onto the first day of sport...

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Recap: London 2012 Recap: London 2012

Posted on Aug 29th, 2012 by under Sport

A far cry from the destruction and disgrace...

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Off-The-Ball: What Footballers can Learn from Olympians Off-The-Ball: What Footballers can Learn from Olympians

Posted on Aug 28th, 2012 by under Sport

Team GB not only won many medals at the Olympics, but they...

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Top 5: Olympic Journeys Top 5: Olympic Journeys

Posted on Aug 22nd, 2012 by under Sport

At times during the Olympics it seemed...

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Music: Olympic Closing Ceremony Music: Olympic Closing Ceremony

Posted on Aug 17th, 2012 by under Media

A couple of weeks ago I wrote...

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Americas: Olympic Cleansing Americas: Olympic Cleansing

Posted on Aug 17th, 2012 by under Current

With the end of the Olympics in London....

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Profile: Mo Farah Profile: Mo Farah

Posted on Aug 17th, 2012 by under Sport

Mo Farah became one of the instant stars of the London 2012...

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London 2012: Closing Ceremony Review London 2012: Closing Ceremony Review

Posted on Aug 16th, 2012 by under Sport

Seventeen days (or nineteen, if you count...

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Olympics Special: tea&cheese Olympics Special: tea&cheese

Posted on Aug 13th, 2012 by under Technology

The film making duo known as tea&cheese have...

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A fond farewell to the Olympics A fond farewell to the Olympics

Posted on Aug 13th, 2012 by under News & Info

Some say we wouldn’t be able to do it...

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Profile: Bradley Wiggins Profile: Bradley Wiggins

Posted on Aug 9th, 2012 by under Sport

I had the privilege of seeing Bradley Wiggins zoom past...

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London 2012: The Lows and Setbacks London 2012: The Lows and Setbacks

Posted on Aug 1st, 2012 by under Culture

A review of the problems of the olympic games.

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London 2012: Opening Ceremony Review London 2012: Opening Ceremony Review

Posted on Aug 1st, 2012 by under Arts

Seven years in the making and the London 2012 Olympic Games kick off...

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Olympics Round-up #7 Olympics Round-up #7

Posted on Aug 1st, 2012 by under Sport

If past Olympic Games have taught us anything...

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London: Racism at the Games? London: Racism at the Games?

Posted on Aug 1st, 2012 by under Current

It’s often described, as the Greatest Show on Earth but...

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London 2012: How are GB doing? London 2012: How are GB doing?

Posted on Jul 31st, 2012 by under Sport

After Friday’s spectacular opening ceremony the attention...

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Olympics Round-up #6 Olympics Round-up #6

Posted on Jul 31st, 2012 by under Sport

A bittersweet day for Team GB as some of the country's...

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London: Olympic Hysteria London: Olympic Hysteria

Posted on Jul 31st, 2012 by under Current

As I watched the Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday evening...

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London: Olympic Madness London: Olympic Madness

Posted on Jul 30th, 2012 by under Current

London gave a marvellous show to the world on Friday...

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Olympics Round-up #5 Olympics Round-up #5

Posted on Jul 30th, 2012 by under Sport

And so it began. The Team GB Medal story finally...

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Olympics Round-up #4 Olympics Round-up #4

Posted on Jul 29th, 2012 by under Sport

It was business as usual at the Olympic Park on...

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Olympics Round-up #3 Olympics Round-up #3

Posted on Jul 28th, 2012 by under Sport

It took seven years, £11 billion and the manufacture of more...

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Olympics Round-up #2 Olympics Round-up #2

Posted on Jul 27th, 2012 by under Sport

With the Opening Ceremony fast approaching...

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The Olympics: The time has come The Olympics: The time has come

Posted on Jul 27th, 2012 by under Culture

On the tube back from the airport, home bound...

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Olympics Round-up #1 Olympics Round-up #1

Posted on Jul 26th, 2012 by under Sport

The grandeur of the Opening Ceremony may still...

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London 2012: What to expect from the Olympics? London 2012: What to expect from the Olympics?

Posted on Jul 25th, 2012 by under Sport

It started on 6 July 2005, and now...

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National: Olympic Jeopardy National: Olympic Jeopardy

Posted on Jul 17th, 2012 by under Current

The Olympic Games this year just wouldn’t be a British affair...

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Middle East: Progression in Saudi Arabia Middle East: Progression in Saudi Arabia

Posted on Jul 9th, 2012 by under Current

It was announced recently that Saudi Arabia...

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Video: Lighting the Road to 2012 Video: Lighting the Road to 2012

Posted on Jul 4th, 2012 by under Current

A fantastic look at the Olympic torch relay...

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London 2012: Team GB Football London 2012: Team GB Football

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2012 by under Sport

Great Britain's Olympic football squad was last week widely...

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National: SAM’s coming to the Games National: SAM’s coming to the Games

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2012 by under Current

With the start of the Olympics just a matter of weeks away...

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London 2012: The Winners and Losers London 2012: The Winners and Losers

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2012 by under Sport

From ticket scandals to development blunders, the Olympics have been...

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Olympics: Lottery spending for the good of the Nation Olympics: Lottery spending for the good of the Nation

Posted on Jun 27th, 2012 by under Arts

With the Olympics round the corner it’s difficult...

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London 2012: Olympic Ticket Fraud London 2012: Olympic Ticket Fraud

Posted on Jun 21st, 2012 by under Sport

Tickets for London 2012 have been notoriously hard to come by...

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Orbital Obfuscation Orbital Obfuscation

Posted on May 12th, 2012 by under Arts

Tackling art is not my first choice; for every critic of one...

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Art: The Year Ahead Art: The Year Ahead

Posted on Jan 6th, 2012 by under Arts

London 2012 will be about so much more than just sport. The Cultural Olympiad is promising the UK’s biggest ever...

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London 2012: GB Football team? London 2012: GB Football team?

Posted on Dec 9th, 2011 by under Sport

There has been a lot of consternation over the inclusion of a Great British football team in next summer’s...

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Olympic Progression? Olympic Progression?

Posted on Nov 20th, 2011 by under Arts

Two weeks ago, the official Olympic and Paralympic posters for next year's games were announced. Not what...

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London 2012 – Yes or No? London 2012 – Yes or No?

Posted on Aug 8th, 2011 by under Sport

If, by any chance, you’ve neglected to listen to the radio, read the...

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The Cultural Olympiad: Representing Britain in 2012 The Cultural Olympiad: Representing Britain in 2012

Posted on Jun 21st, 2011 by under Arts

In conjunction with the sporting events of next summer, the Cultural Olympiad will attempt to showcase Britain’s artistic talents and...

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