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What would you like to see in the Cultural Olympiad?

It kicks off with a weekend of as-yet-unconfirmed events from September 26-28 and runs for the four years prior to the Games
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Time Out Beijing's Olympic diary

Time Out Beijing editor Tom Pattison offers us his insider insights into one of the most controversial and hotly anticipated Games ever
2012 Olympics site map

Will London’s Olympic site be ready in time? Will it stay within its current £9.3 billion budget? Both pertinent questions – but the one we all really want answered is: What will it look like?

Pho

This second branch of the original Pho in Clerkenwell is already making waves with the Fitzrovian lunchtime crowd. They’re attracted to the clean-cut, modern...
Pho

This second branch of the original Pho in Clerkenwell is already making waves with the Fitzrovian lunchtime crowd. They’re attracted to the clean-cut,...
Pho

3 Great Titchfield St, W1W

This second branch of the original Pho in Clerkenwell is already making waves with the Fitzrovian lunchtime crowd. They’re attracted to the clean-cut,...
Pho

3 Great Titchfield St, W1W

This second branch of the original Pho in Clerkenwell is already making waves with the Fitzrovian lunchtime crowd. They’re attracted to the clean-cut,...
Pho

3 Great Titchfield St, W1W

This second branch of the original Pho in Clerkenwell is already making waves with the Fitzrovian lunchtime crowd. They’re attracted to the clean-cut, modern...
Sagar

One of the few restaurants in London to serve Udupi vegetarian dishes from Karnataka, Sagar now has three branches stretching from the West End to Twickenham

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Why London needs the Olympics

Time Out explores the pros and cons of the 2012 Games, arguing that the event will significantly boost the capital and the nation
What would success or failure in the 2012 Olympics mean for London?
With four years to go, the race is on to make 2012 a world-beating event that does our city...
2012 Olympics site map
Will London’s Olympic site be ready in time? Will it stay within its current £9.3 billion...
2012 Cultural Olympiad
A statutory requirement for hosting the Games is the Cultural Olympiad - a series of events to...
2012: a green Olympics?
The promise was to deliver the ’greenest Olympics ever‘. As the London 2012 planning...
Skateboarding at the Olympics
Its loud, obnoxious and dangerous - perfect for London - but when skateboarding was first...
Allotments betrayed by the Olympics
If there was ever an example of how the 'little' people get screwed over for the sake of large...
Handball: towards 2012
In the first of a regular series looking at how Britain‘s minority sports are preparing for...

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