London Olympics Architecture Takes A Different Approach Than Beijing Did

“Though it’s a strangely mixed bag, this games, more than any other since Barcelona, seems tightly focused on leaving an extraordinary legacy for a part of east London that’s seen little investment. Transit improvements, for example, now make the Stratford gateway better connected than any part of greater London outside the center.”

Why is The London Olympics Asking Musicians To Play For Free?

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games “would not dream of asking welders or parking attendants or caterers to work for free or for a token fee ‘because it’s such great exposure’. But LOCOG is not alone in thinking of musicians as different from other professionals. We all do. We all know that musicians love what they do, and if they weren’t paid, they’d go on playing anyway.”