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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs the army invading British civil society?UK schoolchildren could soon be trained in army 'values', the London Olympics will take place under military...
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Published in: Shine A LightG4S Olympic fiasco: British soldiers are the ‘people pipeline’ nowMultimillionaire government ministers, close to G4S chief executive Nick Buckles, are a world away from weary...
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Published in: Shine A LightG4S's Buckles is no bungler. Analysis of an interview
Nick Buckles, CEO of G4S, was not the speech-and-thought-challenged buffoon he appeared to be on his...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Games of two halvesWith his book offering a blueprint for a better Olympics, published this week, author Mark Perryman explains his...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAll England tennis snubIs Wimbledon too constrained by tradition and pomposity to allow world-class tennis a proper stage? The ambivalent...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire for the entrepreneurs: London’s Shard is officially ‘open to the world’The forces of spectacle were effervescent at last week’s Shard opening. In an immoderate display of vogue technology...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFive New Rings: A Review of Mark Perryman's 'Why the Olympics Aren't Good For Us, and How They Can Be'Mark Perryman's latest book provides a pointed critique of the way in which corporate sponsorship at London 2012 has...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain from above: blue sky topography in the second age of synergyOver 16,000 aerial photographs capturing history dating from near the beginning of the last century were made freely...
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Published in: HomeA memorial in exile in London’s Olympics: orbits of responsibilityTwo sets of extraordinary statistics attached to contemporary events are not connected to each other in a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKeeping the flags flying
With England out of Euro 2012 on penalties, the flag-waving build up for the Olympics begins in earnest. Mark...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Isles of Wonder'? - some thoughts on the 'Little World' of the London OlympicsDanny Boyle's recently unveiled prototype for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony is centred around a nostalgic image...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's green and pleasant landsDanny Boyle, best-known for his work directing and producing down-to-earth, gritty films (such as Trainspotting and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon's Calling: 'fan zones' and corporate space at Euro 2012
Euro 2012, Le Tour and the London Olympics. Each reveal differing ways in which sport is controlled and consumed....
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Protest is dangerous again': the space hijackers take on London 2012
An inside report from London 2012's 'official protest' group, the Space Hijackers, on the terrifying powers of LOCOG...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKConnecting cultures or putting up barriers? Migration and the Commonwealth
In the wake of Jubilee Commonwealth events, Migrants’ Rights Network is hosting a debate at London’s SOAS tonight...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Last Great British Summer for EnglandThe desperate construction of cultural Britishness observable in this summer's Jubilee and Olympics is just another...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon's 'Capital clean-up'
The pre-Olympic 'clean up' is well underway in London, with homeless people, sex-workers and other marginal groups...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Anxieties of a British Nationalist by Ed Miliband (aged 42 and two quarters)
The Labour leader's attempt to open a conversation on Englishness should be welcomed. But it stops short of real...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain and the problem of living in the past
As Jubilee celebrations die down in the short period of calm before the Olympics, questions arise about what all...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTickets, anybody got tickets?
The claim that the 2012 Games are a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for the UK is diminished by London-centrism and...
