Andy Miah – Culture @ the Olympics

A Very Olympic Last night of the Proms

September 9, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

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 of Olympic tributes. The programme[…]

Scotland’s Cultural Olympiad

August 13, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

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… Monday 13 August –[…]

Julius Caesar is victorious at the Olympic Games

August 11, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 forges an unlikely relationship between[…]

Pin Trading, an Olympic sub-culture

August 11, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 those sponsor stores around the[…]

British film shines at the Olympics

August 10, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 Olympic journey. The Opening Ceremony’s[…]

The Tanks @TATE Modern

August 5, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 has ever presented. It’s a[…]

Little Sun, TATE Modern

August 5, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 the dark, wearing a ‘little[…]

Rio Occupation London finale

August 4, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 houses, where the athletes hang[…]

Creative Cities Collection, Fine Arts Exhibition London in 2012

August 1, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 organizations who have worked to[…]

World Cities Culture Report

August 1, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(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 presented by the Mayor of[…]