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Show Me Li WeiPERFORMANCE ART WITH A DIFFERENCE.The opening and closing ceremonies in Beijing were spellbindingly beautiful and extraordinarily soulless. Thankfully, the city is not all false smiles and lip synching kids.

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Categories Art  Tags Art Beijing China 
By  on 26/8/08
American SuperfishALL IT TAKES IS IMAGINATION. Michael Phelps.The Chinese press, in a uniquely Chinese way, refer to him as the ‘American Superfish’, but as Michael Phelps waited imposingly on the blocks during the 4×100M Medley, it was their imaginations - and ours - which ran wild with the thought of what might unfold in the Cube, a pool paid for by China, but indisputably owned by the great wide-winged American.

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Categories Sport  Tags Beijing Imagination Olympics Sport 
By  on 19/8/08
Remembering An OlympianONE RUNNER SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.Pierre de Coubertin brought back the Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century. His vision was a festival of stories to inspire, the marriage of muscular strength with the creative imagination. “Every human being belongs to the great orchestra of mankind,” he once wrote, yet some, through history, have played their parts greater than others; among them, Emil Zatopek at the Helsinki Games of 1952.

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By  on 11/8/08
Skating The DragonMAX HAMILTON EXPLORES THE INTIMATE WORLD OF CHINESE SKATEBOARDING.With a camera slung over his shoulder and unable to speak a word of Chinese, Max journeyed through Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen in search of signs - any sign - of skateboarding. Slowly, a scene emerged; a small one, yes, but a proud and tight-knit community of committed skaters, obscured to all but the most discerning eyes by the smog, bustle and scale of these three sprawling cities.

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Categories Culture Sport  Tags Beijing China Skating 
By  on 30/7/08
Gorilla To MonkeyDAMON'S DONE IT AGAIN, WHATEVER 'IT' IS.Damon Albarn’s Monkey: Journey to the West has arrived in animated form and made a dazzling impact. The reinvention of these legendary characters of Chinese folklore first took flight last year in the form of an opera made alongside his Gorillaz sidekick, Jamie Hewlett, and acclaimed Chinese theatre director, Chen Shi-Zheng. Now, though, the ultimate stage is set. Albarn’s gang have created what will become icons of our Beijing 2008 experience.

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Categories Art Sport Music Film Fun  Tags Albarn BBC Beijing Music Olympics 
By  on 28/7/08
Daley StarThink back to Linford in Barcelona, Kelly in Athens, Thompson in LA and Redgrave, well, everywhere. The Olympics are back this year, and we have a national treasure ready for his first act.British gold medal hopes are a rarity, but that’s not the only reason we get so excited by sports like curling once every four years. In the main it’s due to the stupendous, behemothic and magnificent gravity of the whole occasion. Footballers can screw up but then make up for it when next Saturday comes. But if a sprinter doesn’t ‘go on the B of Bang’, as Colin Jackson puts it, he has to live with failure for another four years; and what’s more, if an athlete has a ten year career, then they may only get two shots at glory. That’s why the Olympics are so huge: it’s the ultimate test, the culmination of four years work in one moment of exertion.

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Categories Sport  Tags Beijing determination diving london 2012 olympic games Olympics Sport tom daley 
By  on 31/3/08

 

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Show Me Li Wei

PERFORMANCE ART WITH A DIFFERENCE.

American Superfish

ALL IT TAKES IS IMAGINATION. Michael Phelps.

Remembering An Olympian

ONE RUNNER SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

Skating The Dragon

MAX HAMILTON EXPLORES THE INTIMATE WORLD OF CHINESE SKATEBOARDING.

Gorilla To Monkey

DAMON'S DONE IT AGAIN, WHATEVER 'IT' IS.

Daley Star

Think back to Linford in Barcelona, Kelly in Athens, Thompson in LA and Redgrave, well, everywhere. The Olympics are back this year, and we have a national treasure ready for his first act.

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