Blogs - East Anglian Daily Times

It's almost here and the nerves have started to kick in

Posted 9 months ago by David Powles with 0 comments

It is hard to believe we are at this point - just a few hours away from the start of the 2012 Olympic Games. For the organisers of the event today is the culmination of years of hard work. Firstly to lobby for the Games to come to these shores and then...

Let's hope it's not just a spectacular Games - but a safe one as well

Posted 9 months ago by David Powles with 0 comments

There was an interesting juxtaposition on the BBC website in the aftermath of the horrific Colorado shooting last week. The main headlines recounted the attack, while underneath was a story about the Olympic Games. “Coe promises safe and secure...

First the Jubilee and now the Olympic Flame, will the real legacy of the games be a return of community spirit?

Posted 10 months ago by David Powles with 0 comments

So where were you when the Olympic flame made its way through our region? Such was the undoubted success of its two-day trip from the far west to the east, the actual moment that it passed people seems destined to become one of those defining memories...

Tickets please! What a shame if people remain apathetic over the prospect of watching the Olympic drama unfold

Posted 11 months ago by David Powles with 0 comments

When the dust settles on the 2012 London Olympic Games those in charge of the mammoth task of organising the event will at last have a bit of time to reflect on what went well and what didn't. Hopefully the list of 'went wells' will be a long one and...

Why our Olympic hopefuls deserve to milk the Games for all their worth

Posted over 1 year ago by David Powles with 0 comments

As well as the day job, myself and a hardy bunch of colleagues have been busy working on the Olympic Games since last July, when the first edition of our monthly guide, London Calling, was published in the Eastern Daily Press, Norwich Evening News and...