The Olympics closing ceremony was an exercise in superficiality

With reference to your Olympic coverage, I wonder how many of the spectators and television viewers concluded that the organisers of the closing ceremony of London 2012 failed to hit the spot in celebrating effectively what is most to be admired and appreciated in our country ("People's Games go out in a blaze of glory", August 13).

One wonders about what a visitor from another planet would have made of it all. The event was essentially a raucous tribute to British pop music over the last few decades. Is that all we wish to showcase on this international stage ? Is that the height of our ambition?

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