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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe end of the 'Great British Summer''The Great British Summer' of 2012 is well and truly over. OurKingdom takes a rollercoaster journey back through the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘What was the true Legacy of the Olympics?’: join in the debate onlineFrom its immediate impact on the host-city to the global reverberations, listen to the full audio recording of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho will win the Olympic legacy?
Today OurKingdom is concluding 'The Great British Summer' series with a debate at London's Cafe Oto. Anthony Barnett...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFeeling British after the Olympics
The Olympics have revealed once again that the British are fascinated with themselves and how they feel about who...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWelsh poetry competes with the Olympics for a place in the sun
As the Great British Summer reaches its twilight, John Osmond reflects on the continuing resurgence of Welshness...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTowards a good enough Legacy: the long term impact of London 2012As London 2012 draws to a close the questions of Legacy and how to measure the Games' impact emerge as present tense...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBeyond the pitch, track and ring: a guide to Olympian readingWith London 2012 drawing to a close, Mark Perryman rounds up the books which can help us to understand the long term...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOlympian worship - can't we give up the gigantism of it?"Bread and circuses" really was the formula the Roman emperors used to buy the social peace needed to exercise their...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOlympic Britishness and the crisis of identityLondon 2012's opening ceremony offered an epic history of the British worker, but with no acknowledgement of what...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA day at the London Olympics: positives and negativesMark Perryman spent a day at the Olympic Park in East London and concludes that the Games are a good thing - but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn island story: Boyle's Olympic opening was irresistibly BritishLondon 2012's opening ceremony evoked a 'gently fierce' national pride that was uniquely British in character.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMass arrests outside London's Olympic opening ceremony: an eye-witness accountLondon 2012's opening ceremony paid tribute to Britain's rich history of political dissent. But outside the Olympic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Fire and the Games: how London’s Olympic opening confronted corporate valuesLondon 2012's opening ceremony had a lot to say about the British and their homeland. Behind the eccentricity and...
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Published in: HomeThe Games have begun, an opportunity missed
It was an amazing opening ceremony. Danny Boyle and his team had the opportunity at the outset, to challenge some of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Olympic security fence is a modern day form of enclosureSpanning an area of 500 acres and endowed with over 900 surveillance cameras, the Olympic security fence is an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFestivals, nu-folk and the allure of the 'temporary community'
Intimate 'boutique' festivals are mushrooming across the English countryside. Their biggest selling point: a sense...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Whose Games? Whose city?' - why I'm marching with the Counter Olympics NetworkDavid Renton, steward at Saturday's Counter Olympics Network demonstration, explains the problems he has with the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBeyond the chinless wonders: the radical face of the BBC PromsThe last night of the Proms is one of the UK's most flagrant displays of imperialist nationalism, steeped as it is...
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Published in: 50.50Olympics 2012: this could be the best Games ever for women
As the London Olympics welcome more women competitors than ever before in a wider range of events, Sue Tibballs of...
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Published in: ourBeebHow much did the BBC spend on the Hackney Weekend - and why won’t they tell us?
Should the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain incorporate hosting free music festivals for 100,000...
