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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat lost, what gained for Scotland in the last 60 years?As Britain remembers Queen Elizabeth's ascension, how has Scotland changed since 1952? A glance back in time to the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe taste of home: Blighty's eels and haggis pakora
The festivities of the ‘Great British Summer’ are steeped in ideas of monarchism, timeless heritage and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Jubilee, the Olympics, and the Commons
As the UK celebrates the Diamond Jubilee, the vast discrepency between its 'community focus' and the unshamed...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnbound by the charter
The Olympic Charter outlines the social and democratic importance of this global event. But the conduct of the vast...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe ‘Great British Summer’, or Last of the British Summer Wine?
The festivities around the London Olympics and Diamond Jubilee will paint a picture of a stable, timeless...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritish identity doesn’t need monarchy
As the UK celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the 'national' rhetoric is that of a royal Britishness. Peter...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe mean Lord Salisbury, heads the pageant and executes Gaby'sHow the titular head of the Royal Pageant turns out to be a cold, mean landlord who trades on good will towards the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt’s the Taking Part...
Participation is one of the main legacy claims of the London 2012 Games. Mark Perryman, author of a forthcoming book...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWelcome to the “Great British Summer”
The arrival of the ‘Great British Summer’ has been marked by relentless propagandising and shocking displays of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRight to the Olympic Village: a review of David Harvey's 'Rebel Cities'The Marxist geographer's new book on modern cities as central sites of revolutionary politics becomes a lens through...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOlympic organisers shut down ‘Space Hijackers’ protest twitter account
Index on Censorship has learned that the Twitter account of protest group Space Hijackers has been suspended...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOlympic village or private new town?London’s Olympic construction projects are shrouded in the most obtuse vagueries of UK planning legislation. But the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA beautifying lie? Olympic culture and kitsch @London2012The directorial questions facing Danny Boyle in his upcoming dramatisation of the Tempest for the London 2012...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOur Olympics: a case for reclaiming the London 2012 gamesAs the London 2012 Olympics approach, a campaign is born to give the voice to the majority of British people who...
