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Cool Runnings in Hackney? Yah Man!

Rocky, Cool Runnings, Breaking Away and Chariots of Fire are amongst some of the sporting blockbusters set to be screened on recycled fridges in East London as part of Films on Fridges, launching...

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Ascent by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby

After you have just been commissioned to design the London 2012 Olympic Torch, there isn’t much more to do, might as well retire and just live happy in the memory Daley Thompson and Kriss Akabusi has...

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London 2012 Olympic Posters Revealed

Today at the Tate Britain, London 2012′s Cultural Olympiad team unveiled a series of posters to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The images seem to nod their hat in a big way to...

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London 2012 £5 Coins Launched

Two British students have had the honour of designing the official UK coins to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The two designs – one for the Olympic Games and one for the...

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David Beckham Plays Beethoven with Footballs

London Olympics adverts are coming quick and fast, now Samsung, one of the games official sponsors has teamed up with David Beckham for their Galaxy Note smartphone. Beckham plays Beethoven’s classic...

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Rachel Whiteread for Whitechapel Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick OBE today unveiled the major new commission by British artist Rachel Whiteread for the building’s historic façade with the artist and an introduction by...

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McDonald’s Olympic pop-up sustainable restaurant

McDonald’s… sustainable? Who would have thought it, but now the fast food giant is showing its hand in a new drive to be more environmentally friendly. The McDonald’s pop-up, built for London 2012...

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Coca-Cola Beatbox by Pernilla & Asif

The Coca-Cola Beatbox designed by super cool London-based architectural duo Pernilla & Asif for the London 2012 Olympic Games is now completed and ready for the opening ceremony on Friday. The...

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Banksy Olympic Street Art

Banksy is back with two new pieces of street art ahead of this year’s London 2012 Olympic Games. The new graffiti works see a javelin thrower with a missile and a pole vaulter hurdling barbed wire.

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World’s largest Union Jack flag made from unwanted clothes

Marks & Spencer, local volunteers & Oxfam create world’s largest Union Jack flag from unwanted clothes. The giant piece of clothing art at West Ham Park in East London was completed within the...

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Mo Farah & Usain Bolt swap celebrations at London 2012

London 2012 Olympic Games heroes, the double gold winning British athlete Mo Farah and Jamaican triple gold medal winning sprinter Usain Bolt swap their winning celebrations on the podium. Following...

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