Inspire a generation
How we’re hoping to help inspire a generation at the Paralympics
If the Olympics were designed to inspire a generation of athletic heroes, then the Paralympics could achieve something equally profound.
By Jake Kanter | Notebook, Olympics, Sport | Thursday, 30 August 2012 at 2:00 am
After reality stars and footballers, the Olympians are just what we’ve been looking for
Since the dawn of the millennium, we’ve seen reality television spread like wildfire. Fortunately, these last two weeks have seen a different kind of role model come to the forefront of national media. That of Olympic athletes.
By Laura Davis | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion | Monday, 13 August 2012 at 5:07 pm
For some children, PE lessons are far from enjoyable
At the height of Olympic fever, it’s all well and good to say that children should be doing more sport and that state schools should add more hours of PE into the curriculum, but I think we are overegging the pudding, here.
By Sophie Warnes | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 10 August 2012 at 3:03 pm
We should keep the focus on sport, not just future Olympians
The opening ceremony marked the start of a two-week period in which everything good has inevitably resulted from the Olympics and anything bad has been the fault of the Coalition.
By Tom Davies | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion, Sport | Thursday, 9 August 2012 at 3:17 pm
How does the London 2012 motto ‘Inspire a generation’ compare to previous Olympic offerings?
I can imagine the country’s top marketing executives sitting round a room, scribbling on white boards, brainstorming, word-associating and doing other things with ‘ing’ on the end.
By Simon Rice | Olympics, Sport | Thursday, 19 April 2012 at 12:03 am
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