Can London Keep Its Newfound Community Spirit After The Closing Ceremony?
After a rollicking closing ceremony featuring everyone from One Direction to The Who, I’m left thinking about London 2012’s legacy…
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Fear and Loathing in East London
I had Woody Allen anxiety about landing at Heathrow and moving through town on London’s busiest day (a well-placed fear)…
ByChinese Calligraphy Music and Dance
What I encountered was a confusing mishmash of genres presented in a crass commercialism with mediocre dancing and a steady…
ByBritain Wins Gold… In The Double-Dip
Britain is winning the race into the double-dip as our exports fall and production and GDP falter for the second…
ByWealth Briefing: Julius Baer buys Bank of America Merrill Lynch non-US wealth unit
In a move making it one of the biggest, if not biggest, standalone wealth managers, Switzerland’s Julius Baer announced today…
ByBoris Johnson and David Cameron Closing Ceremony Dad-Dancing GIF
It’s the gif we’ve all been waiting for (well, since last night anyway): Boris Johnson and David Cameron dad-dancing to…
ByWill London 2012 Leave A Housing Legacy To Be Proud Of?
Boris Johnson described the development of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as ’paradise on the banks of the Lee’, but…
ByPlain Cigarette Packets Won't Put Smokers Off – Education Will
Don’t insult smokers’ intelligence by suggesting that they will address their addiction because of a belated realisation that actually they’re…
ByEmily’s Openings: New Bars and Restaurants in Hackney
Having spent many an hour with close friends discussing plans to open up our own place, it is great to…
ByFood Friday Recipe: Warm Panzanella
Emily Rookwood offers her recipe for warm panzanella, with a little twist on the versatile rustic Italian bread salad. Perfect…
ByTop 5 Places for Breakfast Near the Olympic Park
If you’re heading to the Olympic Park for some London 2012 action – whether in the closing days of the…
ByThe Royal Mail Should Produce Stamps for Paralympic Gold Medal-Winners (Updated)
It is not the fact that the Royal Mail have said they will not produce stamps for each Team GB…
ByBoris Johnson Winds Govt Up Over School Sport, But Where Is The London 2012 Legacy?
With this week’s abandonment of the school sport target and news that 21 school playing fields are being sold off,…
By5 Most Expensive Pieces of London 2012 Olympic Tat
You may have bought your golden Wenlock or logo’d hoodie at a London 2012 venue, but there is a world…
ByKenny Schachter
Kenny Schachter has an art advisory role at Generation Three Family Partners. He has curated contemporary art exhibitions for over…
ByAt London 2012, Sponsorship of Olympic Athletes Is Only Way to Make Sport Pay
As Olympic athletes at London 2012 take to Twitter to complain about Rule 40 ruining their sponsorship deals and the…
ByBloomberg Markets Top 50 Family Offices List Less Than Useless
Someone ought to tell Bloomberg Markets magazine that size isn’t everything Someone ought to tell Bloomberg Markets magazine that size…
ByElena Baturina, Russia’s Richest Woman, on Making Her Fortune
Sophie McBain travels to Basel to meet Elena Baturina, Russia’s richest woman and a committed believer in the transformative powers…
ByAfter Standard Chartered Charges, British Banks Disgrace Us All
Let’s line it up next to its fellow British banks: HSBC – laundering money for drug-dealers; Barclays – fixing Libor;…
ByForget Mars Curiosity – Attend to Earth
I don’t like being the grinch in a situation where joy appears so widespread and unalloyed, but why exactly has…
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