The Olympics originate from around 776BC in Ancient Greece, where a number of athletic competitions were held to honour the God Zeus. Today, the event is still greatly anticipated ...
Hannah Ackroyd, 26 April 2012
The London Olympics are expected to attract one million people to the Stratford Park site on the busiest days of competition. As an established tourist destination and host of prev...
Muriel Finnigan, 23 April 2012
When Athens hosted the 2004 Olympic Games it was found that infrastructure and social amenities improved. However, as can be seen with the current situation in Greece, their econom...
Thomas Venus, 23 April 2012
The Battle Between The Olympics and The Arts
Danny Boyle proudly claims that 2012 is the year when the Olympics become the ‘games for the people’. Well that’s all well and good fo...
Katherine Hutchinson, 23 April 2012
For a lot of people, when it was announced the Olympic Games would be hosted in our country in 2005, the excitement was palpable and those people have been waiting in anticipation ...
Laura Brooks, 23 April 2012