Read my posts about the four-yearly sporting event, the Olympics. They started up in their modern form in Athens, Greece in 1896.

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Clarke and Dawe – Use of a Stimulant Prior to the Olympics

March 4, 2013 - 12:25 pm

Percy Nalbest, Media Liaison Officer with the Australian Swimming Team, speaks. … Read the full post »

Pink Dog

Pizza Express: Canary Wharf

August 5, 2012 - 9:25 am

The Canary Wharf Pizza Express is in one of those classic venues which is absolutely jammed at peak time and very quiet outside peak. As a result, a huge open plan spread of empty tables confronted me. … Read the full post »

Political

Liberal Democrat Newswire #23 is out: Lib Dems gear up for 75 by-election campaigns

August 3, 2012 - 3:28 pm

Liberal Democrat Newswire #29 looks at the Lib Dem plans for the 2015 general election. … Read the full post »

Political

Is mandatory arbitration the answer to public transport strikes?

June 23, 2012 - 9:25 am

With the Olympics approaching and not all the details of staff conditions on London’s public transport settled… … Read the full post »

Pink Dog

The new London Tube map (June 2012 version)

June 11, 2012 - 9:05 pm

Summer may not be here, but a new map of the London Underground (plus a few other bits) is, complete with some cable car and Olympic updates. … Read the full post »

Political

Haringey Council issues dress code for people watching Olympic Torch

June 11, 2012 - 12:09 pm

Issuing a dress code for members of the public who turn up to see the Olympic Torch? That’s Labour-run Haringey Council for you. … Read the full post »

Political

Caroline Pidgeon spies some side-effects from the Olympics

May 18, 2012 - 11:24 am

Across London there are hundreds of thousands of people who have yet to discover that it’s often possible get to work by using a different form of public transport. … Read the full post »

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