Date: 23 January 2012
Britain did not have a brilliant Olympic Games when London last hosted the Olympics in 1948, in terms of the medal table at least. The host nation won just three Olympic golds , all in rowing or sailing, which along with 14 silver medals and six bronzes left Britain ranking 12th at the end of the games. But those first post-war Olympics since Hitler’s Games in Berlin 1936 was a time when the value of taking part was never better understood. The Houses of Parliament figured prominently on the official Games poster designed by Walter Herz, a Czech refugee from fascism, as Dr Cathy Ross of the Museum of London has noted.
Date: 20 January 2012
The British are fully aware of the perils facing the British and European economies, but refuse to let that entirely […]
Date: 16 January 2012
As 2012 kicks off, new identity, integration, migration and opportunity thinktank British Future held its launch at the Museum of […]
