Games – Professor Alan Tomlinson

Lording it: London and the getting of the Games

8 March, 201128 May, 2018 alangtomlinsonLeave a comment

[This entry comprises extracts from the beginning and the end of the first chapter of Alan Tomlinson and John Sugden (eds), Watching the Olympics: Politics, Power, and Representation (Routledge, publication July 2011)] [i] Introduction In 2012 London will become the only city to have staged the Summer Olympic Games more than twice (the so-called interim… Continue reading Lording it: London and the getting of the Games