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If there has been any disappointment associated with the Olympics, it is that there has been very little said about the Cultural Olympiad during the month of celebrations. With so much emphasis on the sporting achievements this is probably to … Continue reading
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We’re back to the Olympics and although the fever is somewhat subdued compared with a couple of weeks ago, the nation has awoken to the action of the Paralympics. The opening ceremony was called Enlightenment, which in itself is a … Continue reading
The less said about the Olympics closing ceremony, the better. Although we could could go on at length about it. For the most part it was more than two hours of silly, shallow, showbizzy nonsense, with some truly terrible music … Continue reading
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I was fortunate enough to get tickets for the dress rehearsal of the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Everyone in the stadium was asked to “Save the Surprise” which is why these photographs haven’t been posted before. Once more it is a … Continue reading
This fortnight of Olympic enjoyment has been utterly brilliant, and the excitement and admiration for Team GB in Britain is still at fever pitch. And rightly so. Our GB competitors have broken records, outperformed their expectations and demonstrated high levels … Continue reading
If ever there was a demonstration of the value of enabling people to be free to express themselves creatively, it was in Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the Olympics. Frank Cottrell Boyce has written an excellent piece in the Observer, … Continue reading
Thinking back to the Olympics opening ceremony last Friday evening it occurs to me that – as good as it was as a spectacle – the most important element for me was the music. The same was true for the … Continue reading
So finally – it begins. Last night’s opening ceremony of the 30th Olympic Games was, as expected, a terrific mixture of the sublime and the ridiculous, the eccentric and the mainstream, the joyful and the laughable. Clearly it amazed, entertained, … Continue reading
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