Posts Tagged ‘olympics’
London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 5: Guide to Hackney Wick
Get the lowdown on the great cultural scene in Hackney Wick
Read MoreVICE launches alternative Guide To The Olympics
Online documentary explores aspects of the London 2012 Games sometimes ignored by the mainstream media
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 2
Notes from Hackney on the second day of Olympic competition
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 1
What’s been happening in Hackney on the first day of Olympic competition
Read MoreHackney business pulls anti-Olympics banner after pressure from top cop
Hackney police borough commander calls boss of Essex Flour & Grain Company over Justice for Victims of the Olympics protest sign
Read MoreBhopal: A Silent Picture – review
Human Rights Action Centre. Until Tuesday 31 July 2012
Read MoreHackney newsagent’s bunting falls foul of Olympic brand policing
Hackney Council enforcement officers accused of overzealous behaviour in bid to protect Olympic brands on the torch relay route
Read MoreLondon Assembly says Dow sponsorship damages Olympic Games
London Assembly adds its voice to the criticism of Dow Chemical Company’s Olympic involvement
Read MoreLondon 2012: the Games and its discontents
Away from all the Olympics hype, there are many people who are less than excited about the Games and it presence in East London. Andrew Connelly looks into their reasons for objecting
Read MoreBarbaric Sport: A Global Plague – review
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
Read MoreThe Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State – review
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Read MoreLea Rowing Club celebrates successes
All welcome at local rowing club’s event on Saturday 28 July, marking the end of the race season and the start of the Olympics
Read MoreAngel of the Lee Valley artist supports Leyton Marsh protestors
The authorities ‘are not thinking about the environment at all’ says Angel of the Lee Valley artist as Olympic construction goes ahead
Read MoreShoreditch residents slam Olympic ‘beer tent’
Hackney Council has given the thumbs-up to ‘Hackney House’, a marquee to ‘showcase’ the borough this summer
Read MoreFour arrested as Olympic protestors evicted from Leyton Marshes
Local campaign group Save Leyton Marshes says it will continue to challenge Olympic bosses over alleged breaches of planning regulations
Read MoreLeader: Buitekant and the Olympic beast
Protestors occupying Leyton Marsh are taking a stand to protect Metropolitan Open Land
Read MoreOlympic Torch route through Hackney announced
The One Hackney 2012 Festival will mark the Olympic Flame’s journey through the borough on Saturday 21 July
Read MoreOlympics expansion on Hackney Marshes ‘stifling’ local sports clubs and ‘vandalising’ land
Critics condemn Olympics as waste of money better spent on projects of real and lasting value to Hackney residents and the local environment
Read MoreOlympics synchronised swimming fans left high and dry
Swim fans asked to swap events as Olympics organisers admit 10,000 tickets oversold
Read MoreHouseboaters being ‘forced out’ of Olympics area
River Lea residents claim they are being priced out and uprooted from their community by British Waterways
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