Edinburgh's Hogmanay: 'Big Bang' on 1 January 2013 #blogmanay
One element of Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival is often a piece of street theatre designed to capture the audience's imagination, provide a spectacle and some encourage some re-imagining of the city as a cultural, creative space. Some of Edinburgh's...
The Future of (Book) Festivals: West Port Book Festival, 26 November 2012
A trip to Inspace is always a treat ??? they put on a series of events that are broad in their scale, ambition, range and content, yet always intimate. Back in November I went along to an event which was being produced as part of the West Port Book ...
Dr Simon Gage: Edinburgh Napier University, 27 September 2012
Back in September we welcomed Dr Simon Gage to Edinburgh Napier University, part of a rolling series of public talks by the directors of Edinburgh's foremost festivals and other guest speakers. Simon heads up the Edinburgh International Science Fe...
Social media talk: 3 December 2012, Sighthill
As part of an event for 'Supporting Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University' I've been asked to put together some resources and reflections on the ways blogs and blogging can play a part in the life of a humble researcher, such as me. Rather th...
London 2012 Olympic photos: last day, men's marathon, Victoria Park
The final day of the 2012 Olympic Games, with the sun shining again and lots of folk out on the streets to enjoy the marathon from wherever they could find a vantage point. I caught a little bit of running action, then headed along Embankment and ...
London 2012 Olympic photos: volleyball and football
These photos are from two events: men's volleyball at Earls Court and women's football at Wembley stadium (CC licence as normal). The two venues are separated by a few miles, but also be a few decades of progress in stadium design. The wooden seat...
More Olympic headlines, stories and so on
It seems the first post of headlines and comments hit Posterous's limit, so for the final day of the games, closing ceremony and the post-Games press conference see below... ___ 12 August The last day of the Games. On the streets of London there's...
Olympic headlines, stories and comments
Before, during and just after the Olympics I kept a rolling diary of news stories, headlines and comments on things that caught my eye. I haven't edited it down, so it's pretty raw in places. I'm publishing it here so I can refer to it for inspira...
London 2012 Olympic photos: fencing at ExCel and London Pleasure Gardens
These photos were all taken on 4 August, when I went to the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands to watch a day of fencing. You can see the efforts made to dress the venue in the standard London 2012 palette, both inside and out. I was admonished at...
London 2012 Olympic photos: inside the park (3/3)
A final set of photos from 1 August, inside the Olympic Park. Highlights include the Olympic megastore, some night time photos and the BP sponsorship presence. (CC licence.)