As I sat watching the Olympics closing ceremony along with the rest of the world, I reflected on the last 16 days of back-to-back sporting action, and realised how much I’ll miss spending my evenings in front of the TV watching the highlights from that day.
As I sat watching the Olympics closing ceremony along with the rest of the world, I reflected on the last 16 days of back-to-back sporting action, and realised how much I’ll miss spending my evenings in front of the TV watching the highlights from that day.
A tweet from the inventor of the worldwide web - delivered at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony
From the outset of the opening ceremony, Danny Boyle acknowledged historical and cultural British memories, reliving each decade from the Industrial Revolution and the NHS right through to the eras of ska and rave. And what a moment it was when Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, finally received personal gratitude for introducing us to the era of www dot.
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London 2012: The Social Olympics
As I sat watching the Olympics closing ceremony along with the rest of the world, I reflected on the last 16 days of back-to-back sporting action, and realised how much I’ll miss spending my evenings in front of the TV watching the highlights from that day.
From the outset of the opening ceremony, Danny Boyle acknowledged historical and cultural British memories, reliving each decade from the Industrial Revolution and the NHS right through to the eras of ska and rave. And what a moment it was when Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, finally received personal gratitude for introducing us to the era of www dot.
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