The last night of sport at the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games coincided with the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms on 8th September and it was a night full[…]
Author: Andy Miah
Scotland’s Cultural Olympiad
We don’t tend to paste press releases, but this does such a good job of summarizing Scotland’s activity over the next few weeks, we couldn’t summarize it better ourselves. Enjoy…[…]
Julius Caesar is victorious at the Olympic Games
(2012, August 9) This week, the Noel Coward theatre staged a new commission within the World Shakespeare Festival, part of the wider London 2012 Festival. The Royal Shakespeare Company play[…]
Pin Trading, an Olympic sub-culture
(2012, Aug 9) Over the last 7 years, you most likely encountered someone in Britain wearing a London 2012 pin. You might even have bought one yourself in one of[…]
British film shines at the Olympics
(2012, Aug 7) British film has featured in the Olympic programme even since before the Opening Ceremony, as the London 2012 Festival commissioned 4 new films to reflect on the[…]
The Tanks @TATE Modern
(2012, 4 July) The Tanks are not a military exhibition during the Games, but are a new space in TATE Modern. Perhaps one of the most edgy exhibitions the TATE[…]
Little Sun, TATE Modern
(2012, Aug 4) If you fancy an alternative art experience, try to book for the TATE Modern’s ‘Little Sun’ exhibition experience where gallery goers creep through the TATE Modern in[…]
Rio Occupation London finale
(2012, August 3) There are some parties during the Olympic Games that just feel like the place that everyone wants to be. Often, these take place at the Olympic national[…]
Creative Cities Collection, Fine Arts Exhibition London in 2012
(1 August, 2012) This evening at the Barbican, a vast exhibition of 500 artists launched as part of the ‘inspired by London 2012’ program me. In association with various Chinese[…]
World Cities Culture Report
(1 August, 2012) This morning saw the launch of a multi-city report, attempting to benchmark the level of cultural activity taking place in leading cities around the world. It was[…]