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Jul 21, 2012
With less than a week to go before the start of the Olympics, I must admit my excitement for the event has been building up. First there was the emotional BBC documentary on Victoria Pendleton earlier this week (which featured the Cycletta event which I interviewed her about last year), and now the Torch has finally made it to Newham – home of the events and where I’m from. As it was passing so close to home there was no way that I could miss it, so I headed out to Green Street Market this morning to have a look… I loved this old bus… yes, there are lots of […]
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Mar 22, 2012
So, the Team GB Olympic Kit has been revealed to the world, in a launch at the Tower of London. The buzz surrounding the collaboration between sports brand adidas and designing powerhouse Stella McCartney has been immense… but it seems there have been more cries of “off with ‘er head!” at the Tower, drowning out any joyful reactions to the kit… As pictures of it appeared on the official Facebook page from 11am this morning, the comments that began to flood in were initially of utter disapproval of the design. Ranging from the rather blunt “Really bad” to “the overall design is just rubbish”, there was one recurring theme throughout the comments on there and other social […]