Category Archives: Olympics
It’s good to be Great.
Britain look like beating the medal tally they achieved as a home competitor. In medal terms they will be either second or third most successful competitor on this most elevated of world stages. So why should anyone question a little … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Brexit, GB, GB16, Medal, Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympics 16, Rio, Rio 2016
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Singing when we’re winning
As everyone who turns on any media this morning will know, Britain is winning. ‘We’ have 50 medals, 19 golds and on a per capita to medal calculation, we’re on top of the world. So for a third Olympics … Continue reading
The still small voice ..and Trenton Oldfield
The British nation took a dislike to Trenton Oldfield earlier in the year, we don’t take kindly to Australian nutters messing with our institutions, especially the public school kind who claim to speak for our disenfranchised . I blogged about him when he … Continue reading
Olympics 2012 – what it’s made me change.
I will never look at someone with cerebral palsy or any other disability in the same way again. The Paralympics have broken taboos I did not know I had, taboos broken by stories of prosthetic limbs being hurled around the olympic village as much … Continue reading
Posted in London, Olympics, Olympics 2012
Tagged Berlin, George Osborne, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympic Park, Olympic Park London, Paralympic Games
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One has one’s mojo workin’
Two weeks on and I’m still buzzing with that opening ceremony. The nation has got its mojo workin’ (but it just won’t work on U-sa). The Queen was the business and it’s good to see that Equity are inviting her to … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, auto-enrolment, Olympics, Olympics 2012, pensions
Tagged Arts, Creative Industries, Elizabeth II, Majesty, Malcolm Sinclair, pension, Performing Arts, Royal Highness
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I’m so bored with the U-S-A!
There’s nothing like a bad loser – this from the guys who gave us the Atlanta and Los Angeles fiascos! LONDON — Be careful if you run into Brits for the next little while: They’re under a spell. Specifically, they … Continue reading
Posted in Nothe, Olympics, Olympics 2012
Tagged BBC, Britain, David Petraeus, London, New Orleans, Notting Hill Carnival, Olympic, Olympic Games
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Bolt live – a night with genius
Of all the very wonderful things about my Olympics, last night’s experience watching Usain Bolt and his colleagues clean up in the 200m sprint ranks highest. Not that the performances of the other five medallists on the night were not … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, Olympics 2012, pension playpen, social media
Tagged Bolt, Carnival, Daley Thompson, Jamaica, Olympic, Olympic Games, Push-up, Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake
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The incredible day
Everyone in Britain yesterday today will have been touched in some way by the Olympics. Like the opening ceremony, the events that unfurled last night in the Olympic Stadium were dream-like. Watch the action in the BBC’s brilliant video montage … Continue reading
Posted in Nothe, Olympics, Olympics 2012, World Cup
Tagged 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, BBC, England, Jessica Ennis, Olympic, Olympic Games, Poole, Weymouth
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The giddy diversity that makes us tick!
If you’ve met me , you’ll know a 6ft 3″ middle aged white bloke with a plummy voice that has been nicknamed “Lord Henry” by my chavmates! I am the product of the public schools and Cambridge. My privileged background … Continue reading
Posted in Change, happiness, London, Olympics, Olympics 2012, social media
Tagged Irish, James Joyce, London, May Ball, Multiculturalism, Slough, Strawberry Fair, Turkish Cypriots
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Stop moaning Britain!
I am in Manchester , it is raining- Jenny K is tweeting there’s no such verb as “to medal”, the pensions world is indignant but I have the sun strapped over my shoulder and shout out “cheer up, stop moaning and enjoy the … Continue reading
Posted in Change, dc pensions, London, Olympics, Olympics 2012, pension playpen
Tagged Britain, Facebook, London, London Olympic Park, Malta, Manchester, Olympic Games, pension
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