If people know two things about me they probably know that I am a Christian and that I have always been a bit of a sport obsessive. Scarcely a putt can be holed, a try scored, a race won or a wicket taken without me being interested in it. So I was struck by a […]
I loved watching the Olympics. Yes- it disturbed sleep patterns (although others have informed me that it wasn’t compulsory to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Adam Peaty’s gold) but it was fun cheering on British success. And there are certain experiences that only the Olympics give. I was away with […]
I promise this is the last of my contributions on the subject. However, if you want more Olympic reflections then you could try the following from Neil Powell, Krish Kandiah and John Stevens. Towards the end of the Olympics, most conversations turned towards the subject of legacy. What will be the long term impact of London […]
Inspire a Generation. There was a cartoon in one of the newspapers with the motto of London 2012 as the subtitle. It was a picture of a couple watching the Olympics. The husband says, “This really is inspiring. We must get a bigger television.” I can sympathize- I suspect that the part of my body […]
I love a good montage- and there were plenty around in the last weekend of the Olympics. I always find it powerful when you see images of defeat and victory spliced together- pictures of despair and ecstasy. The agony of defeat was evident in a number of interviews during the Olympics. After being eliminated from […]
Everybody appears to be making the contrast between our Olympic athletes and footballing heroes. It’s not hard to understand why this is the case. I heard many interviews with Olympic performers over the last two weeks and, as a general rule, they came across as humble and generous in their praise of coaches, opponents and […]
Apologies to those who didn’t enjoy them- but I loved the Olympics. I am just back to work after two and a half weeks of holiday- and it would be fair to say that the time was dominated by the events in London. Along with my parents I spent a couple of days in the […]