Tag Archives: Olympics

Exactly a year ago

The question of the week, in London at least, has been “What legacy has the Olympics left?” Apparently, in terms of the millions of people who were going to take up sporting activity, not a lot. Pretty much what one … Continue reading

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Let the games begin

We sat up half the night watching the opening ceremony on Friday and were pleasantly surprised. There has been a lot of discussion surrounding what Danny Boyle was going to do (most of it negative) but, clearly, we needn’t have … Continue reading

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Chinese perspectives

Today was a bit disappointing as far as my researching went. It all started off well enough when I managed to solve a mystery over two objects looking exactly the same (basically they both had the same image) but it … Continue reading

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Moving it all back

Today was, basically, the opposite of Monday, comprising me putting everything back in the bedroom and study. It also included the distribution of various items of clothing from where they’d been deposited in the lounge room, given they had nowhere … Continue reading

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Sliding doors

The Sliderobes guy arrived at about 11:30 today and ended up working all the way through till 6:55, just before The Archers started. Contrary to popular belief, he started in the spare room. He will do the one in the … Continue reading

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Gout for a laugh

Today was the deathday of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (or Battoni, depending on where you research it), a Tuscan painter born in 1708. He painted a lot of tourist pictures during the Grand Tour days. The ones with the person sitting … Continue reading

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Olympic gold

Yesterday the BBC news was all about the new Olympic stadium. It was exactly two years before the opening ceremony so they were looking at how it’s all going. Everyone is cheerful that it is all on schedule. There were … Continue reading

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