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View ArticleTube miracle worker off to Sydney
London Tube boss Howard Collins has got a job running railways Down Under. The Standard describes him as the 'Tube boss credited with making the trains run on time during the Olympics'. If they expect...
View ArticleMore Olympics effects - amnesia, anticipation, non-materialisation
The Olympics amnesia effect kicks in again. The Press reports another Olympic ’success’ story, this time it’s Heathrow, which saw profits rise in the ‘Olympic year’ along with the number of passengers....
View ArticleHow topping! Olympic Park fence electrified from mid 2010 to 22nd October 2012
For the Olympics the abnormal becomes normal. One of the most astonishing things to happen at London 2012 was the building of an electrified fence around the Olympic Park. The idea that this was...
View ArticleThe sporting legacy - Inspired to watch
As has already been announced the elite annual London Grand Prix Diamond League meeting will be moved from Crystal Palace to the Olympic Stadium. To this was added an elite Paralympic event.read more
View ArticleObesity - an Olympic diet
Obesity in the UK continues to rise. Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre for 2011 show there has been a marked rise in obesity rates over the past eight years, coinciding with...
View ArticleHeroes or scroungers?
‘I think the Vitality programme is absolutely brilliant – everything I stand for is echoed in the values of Vitality.’ These are the inane words of Olympic heroine Jessica Ennis, now earning a fast...
View ArticleLend Lease's Heygate Olympics
When is a bailout not a bailout? At the recent Heygate CPO hearing Lend Lease, who had to be bailed out by the government over the Athletes’ Village, apparently weren’t happy with this description, ie...
View ArticleA Visa for Sochi 2014
Now it‘s the Russians' turn to ask ‘when is a monopoly not a monopoly?’ When it’s a Visa for the Olympics, stupid!read more
View ArticleCuckoo! Swiss say No to Winter Olympics
'No voters rejected bid organisers' claims that Olympic hosting would help tourism in the area and boost the local economy.' Those sensible Swiss from the Graubünden canton have seen through the lies...
View ArticleThe little guy is back!
So the little guy is back! Whoever thought Leyton Orient were going to give up without a fight has another think coming. Just as West Ham thought they were close to a deal to take over the Olympic...
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Leyton Marsh: Malice and the prosecution of Mike Wells
Two weeks ago the trial began of nine members of Critical Mass, out of 182 originally arrested, for riding their bikes too close to the Olympic Park on the evening of the Opening Ceremony. Another...
View ArticleVienna waltzes away from the Olympics
After the Swiss it's the turn of the Viennese to refuse to bid for the Olympics. 72% voted against bidding for the Summer Games in 2028. Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl said: "apparently most people are...
View ArticleProblem with attrition? Try communities and engagement glue
More Olympic mumbo jumbo, this time about London 2012's recruitment legacy. Pats on the back for LOCOG’s head of recruitment, Paul Modley, for keeping his team of employees motivated, despite the fact...
View ArticleAnother Olympic Cycling Legacy - Critical Mass Convictions
Five of the 182 Critical Mass cyclists arrested for riding their bikes near the Olympic Park on the evening of the Opening Ceremony were finally convicted of breaching section 12 of the Public Order...
View Article#COIgohome - Madrid 2020
After a period of Olympic silence it's kicking off in Madrid at #COIgohomeA small sample of tweets in English - most of the rest, unsurprisingly, are in Spanish!Mario Cuéllar ?@mcuellarb #COIgohome...
View ArticleRegeneration and Well-Being in East London: Stories from Carpenters Estate
The report makes unsettling reading. It highlights how residents’ well-being across a number of key dimensions (housing, livelihoods and participation) has been undermined by the protracted and ongoing...
View ArticleThe joys of boosterism
A fascinating little boosterist gem from the Standard. First, it reports that Carat, 'one of Britain’s biggest media-buying agencies', says there was no boost in 2012 to advertising from the London...
View Articleanother Olympic inflation - terrorism arrests
Olympics inflation comes in all forms. The Home Office has released figures showing terrorism arrests rose by 60% in the year up to September 2012 by comparison with the previous year with a doubling...
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