The Cultural Olympiad
Hands up those who are surprised that, as we report today, there will be very little money available for the so-called Cultural Olympiad, except for the mandatory ceremonies.
No one? What a shock!
After the jubilation at London’s securing the 2012 Olympics, we have been treated to the usual govermental incompetence, half-truths and, let’s be blunt, downright lies. The arts, heritage, sport at grassroots level are all going to suffer serious damage year on year, both before and, I suspect, after the Games, for the greater glory of… who? the politicians who see the Olympics as a way of bolstering their tarnished reputations? Who else?
And now we hear that one of the so-called mandatory ceremonies is an evening of entertainment to welcome International Olympic Committee officials when they arrive in London - and you can bet that won’t consist of an amateur operatic company singing songs from the shows and a finger-buffet in a town hall committee room!
Sickening!