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Currybetdotnet recent comments round-up 2008-08-29
Back in February and March of this year I did a series of articles about blog comments, and one of my suggestions was that doing an occasional round-up of interesting comments was a way of making sure they got attention, particularly if they had been left on older articles. One way or another I've been in a bit of an Internet connection black hole for the last five weeks or so, and it means that the moderating of comments on...

Read the full post - Published August 29, 2008 in BBC, Blogging, Ghost Walks, London Olympics, Olympics, Radio - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: London 2012
In Beijing today, at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Olympic Flag will be handed over to London, marking the official moment that London becomes the host of the 2012 Games. It also marks the hand-over of all of the politics, protest and dissent that usually accompanies an Olympic Games. Over the last 3 weeks I've been examining that history, from the modern founding of the Games in 1896, through the Nazi Olympics of 1936, the protest-laden...

Read the full post - Published August 24, 2008 in London Olympics, Olympics, Politics, Popular - 4 comments so far   Add your comment 

"Land of the mascots"
I spent the build-up and start of the Olympics in Macau, which had certainly dressed itself up to celebrate the occasion. You couldn't move for 'The Fuwa', the five Olympic mascots. 'Beibei', 'Jingjing', 'Huanhuan', 'Yingying' and 'Nini' were everywhere you looked, decorating roundabouts, lamp-posts, and posters. 'Yingying' obviously wasn't prepared for the typhoon that hit whilst I was there though! Even Macau's greatest landmarks were not immune. The ruins of the Church of St Paul are arguably the distinctive...

Read the full post - Published August 23, 2008 in Macau, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

So, when exactly did Peking become Beijing? And why?
Over here in Greece the Olympics are being broadcast by state channel ΕΡΤ. It took me a few days to realise that the phrase ΠΕΚΙΝΟ 2008 that swooshed across their coverage was effectively the Greek for Peking, rather than using a transliteration of Beijing. That prompted me to wonder when Peking had actually become Beijing. I mean, when I grew up the capital city of China was most definitely Peking. Then again, when I grew up there was a...

Read the full post - Published August 22, 2008 in Olympics - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Beijing 2008
During the course of the Olympics I've been looking at the history of dissent, protest, politics and terrorism associated with the Games. The 2008 organisers must have hoped that following the disruption to this year's international Torch Relay, they had seen the last of such incidents. However, it wasn't to be, and even before the glittering opening ceremony there had been terrorist attacks in Xinjiang, and 'Free Tibet' protests in Beijing. Even the ceremony itself came in for criticism...

Read the full post - Published August 22, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

Celebrate the Olympic handover to London on Flickr and YouTube
In just a few days time, at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, China will hand over the Olympic flag to London. I'm quite relieved it is just the flag actually, because I had this terrible mental image of them handing over the Olympic Flame, and then Boris having to keep it burning in his draw in City Hall for the next four years. He'll be receiving the flag though, from the Mayor of Beijing, in a handover ceremony...

Read the full post - Published August 21, 2008 in Flickr, London Olympics, Olympics, YouTube - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Olympic milk, or gold medal substitute?
When I was in Macau, it wasn't just the clothing industry that was hi-jacking the Olympic brand and symbols to try and sell products. Take something as mundane as milk for example. Going to the local corner shop or supermarket presented you with a choice. You could either buy an official, Olympic endorsed "Milk Beverage"... ...or you could pick up the Kowloon Dairy's Gold Medal "Milk Drink"...

Read the full post - Published August 21, 2008 in Macau, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Athens 2004
Before and during the course of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing I've been writing a series of posts looking at the complicated history of politics, protest and dissent that have surrounded the modern Games since they were first held in Athens in 1896. On that occasion they were marked by an overt display of national pride by the hosts, and a protest run by Stamata Revithi who wanted women to be allowed to partake in the event. Athens...

Read the full post - Published August 20, 2008 in Greece, Olympics, Politics - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Sydney 2000
To accompany the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games I've been writing a series of posts looking at the history of politics, protest and dissent since their modern beginning in Athens in 1896. The Games celebrating a century of modern Olympiads were marred by a terrorist attack by an American anti-abortion campaigner Eric Rudolf. He killed one person in an explosion at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. The next Olympics were also marking a significant numerical milestone - the dawning of the...

Read the full post - Published August 19, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Atlanta 1996
I've been writing a series of posts looking at the history of politics, protest and dissent at the Olympic Games. On two occasions that dissent has turned into murderous terrorism. In 1972 there was an attack on the Israeli delegation that left 11 dead. In 1996 it was domestic American terrorism that killed one person and wounded over 100 others, when a bomb was placed at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. The bombing Alice Hawthorne was killed in Atlanta's...

Read the full post - Published August 18, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

The Olympic Swim-O-Matic on display in Macau

Published August 17, 2008 in Macau, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Macau presents for your enjoyment....Olympic horse-back fencing!

Published August 16, 2008 in Macau, Olympics - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Seoul 1988 & Barcelona 1992

Published August 15, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Promotional Olympic leaflets in Macau

Published August 14, 2008 in Macau, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Los Angeles 1984

Published August 13, 2008 in Daily Mail, Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Moscow 1980

Published August 12, 2008 in Games, Olympics, Politics - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Montreal 1976

Published August 11, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Counterfeit Olympic branding in Macau

Published August 10, 2008 in Macau, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Munich 1972

Published August 9, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Mexico 1968

Published August 8, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Introducing Olympic Fansivu

Published August 7, 2008 in Flickr, Olympics, Web - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Latest Team GB news feed now on Chipwrapper...but not the BOA site

Published August 7, 2008 in Chipwrapper, Macau, Olympics, RSS, Web - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

'F' for 'Former', 'R' for 'Republic' or 'M' for 'the M word'?

Published August 7, 2008 in Greece, Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: The post-war years 1948-1964

Published August 6, 2008 in London Olympics, Olympics, Politics - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Berlin 1936

Published August 5, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

Introducing Olympic Chipwrapper

Published August 4, 2008 in Chipwrapper, Newspapers, Olympics, RSS, Search - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: The inter-war years 1920-1932

Published August 3, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: The pre-war years 1900-1912

Published August 2, 2008 in London Olympics, Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A brief history of Olympic dissent: Athens 1896

Published August 1, 2008 in Articles, Cyprus, Greece, Olympics, Politics, Popular, Turkey - 4 comments so far   Add your comment 

60th anniversary of the 1948 London Olympics

Published July 29, 2008 in Football, London Olympics, Olympics, Walthamstow - 3 comments so far   Add your comment 

2008 Olympic "Spambush" marketing

Published July 19, 2008 in 2010 World Cup, Football, Olympics, Web - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

100 years since the first London Olympics

Published April 27, 2008 in BBC, Football, London Olympics, Olympics - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

1906 Athens 'Intercalated' Olympic Games anniversary

Published April 22, 2008 in Greece, London Olympics, Olympics, Turkey - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Propaganda, politics and censorship - The Olympic Torch Relay since 1936

Published April 6, 2008 in Olympics, Politics - 3 comments so far   Add your comment 

Greece admits defeat against Olympic phone-tapping spies

Published January 23, 2008 in Greece, London Olympics, Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Greece lets Athens Olympics domain names lapse

Published January 14, 2008 in Football, Greece, London Olympics, Olympics, Web - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

How many logos does one London Olympic Games need?

Published June 4, 2007 in London Olympics, Olympics - 2 comments so far   Add your comment 

Olympic Round-Up

Published July 6, 2005 in DCMS, Football, London Olympics, Olympics, Walthamstow - 3 comments so far   Add your comment 

Olympic Unveiling Ceremony at the BBC's Broadcast Centre

Published May 25, 2005 in BBC, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

The 1908 Olympics in White City

Published May 17, 2005 in BBC, London Olympics, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A warped sense of loyalty

Published March 10, 2005 in Evening Standard, Football, London Olympics, Olympics, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

The Olympics have started on the BBC

Published August 14, 2004 in BBC, Greece, London Olympics, Olympics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

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