The London Olympics 2012 is a once-in-a-lifetime event. So why, asks Mark Perryman, have so few of us got tickets? With the Jubilee over and the England football team unlikely to provide much of a lasting distraction at the Euros, the 50-day countdown to the London Olympics is now entering serious overdrive. Right from the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’
Olympics: It’s the taking part
Jun 2nd, 2012 by Mark Perryman.According to the organizers, encouraging participation in sport is one of the main benefits of the London 2012 Olympics. Mark Perryman examines the evidence. The Olympic motto “ The most important thing is not winning but taking part” represents some of the finest ideals not only of Olympism but of any sporting event aspiring to […]
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Olympics: Race to the line
May 25th, 2012 by Mark Perryman.With John Carlos, one of the Mexico ‘68 podium protesters, on a speaking tour of Britain, author of a forthcoming book on the Olympics MARK PERRYMAN describes the continuing clash of race and the Games United on the Mexico podium by their fierce opposition to racism Tommie Smith, Peter Norman and John Carlos used the […]
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Who gets to see the torch? Who gets to see the games?
May 18th, 2012 by Mark Perryman.As the Olympic Torch relay starts its route around Britain, author of a forthcoming book on the Olympics, Mark Perryman, questions the claim of a Games for all. Beginning its long route around Britain the Torch Relay is one of the few examples of decentralisation and free-to-watch events that could have transformed the 2012 Olympics […]
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Leftwing disruption of sporting events: a proud tradition
Feb 29th, 2012 by David Osler.Emily Wilding Davison famously threw herself under the King’s horse at the 1913 Derby, in order to publicise the suffragette cause. She died in hospital a few days later. I truly hope her bravery will be suitably commemorated on its centenary next year.
