In the fourth part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at what happened to the thousands of torchbearer places that were allocated outside of public … Continue reading →
An allocation of how the 8,000 Olympic torchbearer places were allocated has found that just 71% were allocated through the four main public campaigns. The figure – published in the ebook 8,000 Holes – casts doubt on the promise by organisers LOCOG that 90% … Continue reading →
In the second part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at how the presenting partners’ allocation of torchbearer places was handled. You can download … Continue reading →
Following our post on July 6 on THES’s report on vice chancellors carrying the Olympic torch, we can provide further background on the processes used to allocate torchbearer places. At Brunel University a spokesperson explains: Two places were for students … Continue reading →
Here are the Olympic-related links we’ve been looking at over the last week from July 12th through July 17th: Sam Fraser: The Torch Relay – The Olympic Ideal in Flames- And then arrives a convoy of coaches. One badged with … Continue reading →
German daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel has published a story on German executives carrying the Olympic torch after spotting our list of ‘mystery torchbearers‘ on the Guardian’s datablog. The story, entitled ‘The Olympics and Samsung: Questionable selection of torchbearers’, was published … Continue reading →
A couple of newspapers recently reported on the number of Germans carrying the torch as it makes its way through Bognor – but neither identifies why they’re carrying the torch. We can reveal that a number work for or have … Continue reading →
A 40-year-old Russian executive carried the Olympic torch through the Welsh resort of Towyn under the nomination story of a 61-year-old art director – despite having a different name. Russian torchbearer Konstantin Geskin is named in both the BBC relay … Continue reading →
Despite the promise of 8,000 torchbearers “all with inspirational stories”, hundreds of Olympic torchbearers have been listed on the official Olympic Torch Relay site without any nomination story at all. We’ve identified dozens who share their names with senior staff … Continue reading →