Tag Archives: London Olympics

Watch: British Finance Minister Booed At The Paralympics

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 4th, 2012

Politicians have to have a thicker skin than most people, or at the very least, the ability to appear to care deeply about what everyone thinks, while not actually caring in the slightest. But it does take an exceptionally brassy brass ...

David Tennant: “What Happened To ‘Doctor Who’ At The Olympics?”

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 9th, 2012

If you’ve been wondering why Doctor Who failed to make more of an impact in the London Games (beyond Matt Smith carrying the torch as part of the relay, which is still pretty impressive, and certainly made the news as a big thing, ...

So Who’s Going To Appear At The Closing Ceremony Of The London Games?

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 7th, 2012

Having effectively blown cynics away with the opening ceremony (or at the very least shushed them up for a week or so), the organisers of the London Games have something of a hill to climb in coming up with an appropriate ending. ...

Four Ways The London Games Have Made Me Proud To Be British

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 3rd, 2012

Extremists aside, the British are often reluctant to bang on about patriotism in polite company. We may have the reputation of being a bunch of rabid football supporters who will sing until they are hoarse about the superiority of the ...

Watch: London Mayor Boris Johnson Stuck On A Zip Wire

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 1st, 2012

It should all have been so simple. Boris Johnson, mayor of London, should be able to whizz across London’s Victoria Park as part of the London Games celebrations, on a 1,050ft zip wire, without anything untoward happening.

Russell Brand On Community Service And The London Games

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 31st, 2012

There are times when it feels as if the thoughts of Russell Brand – about anything at all – are the last thing anyone needs right now. Having weathered his hot moment from sex-addicted popinjay of stand-up to painfully generic ...

The London Games Opening Ceremony: Recap

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 27th, 2012

Note: please don’t read this unless you’re sure you don’t want to see the opening ceremony in full, we’d hate to ruin the surprises in store.

Rupert Grint Waves A New Kind Of Magic Wand

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 26th, 2012

It’s going to take a few years before the journalists, bloggers and writers of the world get tired of trying to make up spell puns whenever Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson or Rupert Grint do anything in the public eye. However, you ...

Five Irreverent Responses To The London Games

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 24th, 2012

When the magician and show-off David Blaine came to London to do one of his endurance feats – the one in a box suspended from a crane, for ages – the natural response of the good people who live there was to take the mickey: eggs ...

The Brit List: Ten Things About The London Games That Will Annoy Residents

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 20th, 2012

Signage for the Olympic Park in the London Underground. (Photo: Leo Mason/Corbis / APImages)

The London Olympics are going to be great, of this there is no doubt. All of us Brits will be glued to our sets, trying to squeeze our patriotic fervor into ever greater gushing outbursts of excitement and glee whenever anyone from Team ...