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The final day of the 2012 Olympic Games, with the sun shining again and lots of folk out on the streets to enjoy the marathon from wherever they could find a vantage point. I caught a little bit of running action, then headed along Embankment and ...
These photos are from two events: men's volleyball at Earls Court and women's football at Wembley stadium (CC licence as normal). The two venues are separated by a few miles, but also be a few decades of progress in stadium design. The wooden seat...
It seems the first post of headlines and comments hit Posterous's limit, so for the final day of the games, closing ceremony and the post-Games press conference see below... ___ 12 August The last day of the Games. On the streets of London there's...
Before, during and just after the Olympics I kept a rolling diary of news stories, headlines and comments on things that caught my eye. I haven't edited it down, so it's pretty raw in places. I'm publishing it here so I can refer to it for inspira...
These photos were all taken on 4 August, when I went to the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands to watch a day of fencing. You can see the efforts made to dress the venue in the standard London 2012 palette, both inside and out. I was admonished at...
A final set of photos from 1 August, inside the Olympic Park. Highlights include the Olympic megastore, some night time photos and the BP sponsorship presence. (CC licence.)
A few more photos from the Olympic Park, taken Wednesday 1 August. Featuring... sponsor logos, BBC broadcast centre and waterfall bridge. (CC licence.)
These photos, taken by me, are from Wednesday 1 August ??? some from the aquatic centre, around the park, down at 'Park Live' to watch Bradley Wiggins's gold medal ride and a few of the wild flowers that line the waterways. (Published here under CC.)
The Olympics came to Scotland and if you can't beat 'em join 'em. Here are some images from Hampden (Spain 0 ??? 1 Japan) and then Edinburgh's live site on the day of the opening ceremony. All photos taken by me and you'e welcome to use them under t...
Over the course of the London 2012 Olympic Games I put together a Storify of tweets relating to the events and the debates and the media stories that people were linking too. It wasn't systematic process, there'll be lots that slipped through the ...
This is a short post with a big link: www.citizenrelay.net Maybe I'll add to the post in the coming days, but for now I'm just glad to have been part of this project to trace the London 2012 Olympic Torch as it travelled around Scotland. I spent W...