London Olympics

Britain Needs to Think Hard About Its Future and Leave the Past Behind

Nick Jones | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Politics
Nick Jones

We are now over a decade into this new century and Britain needs to redefine itself and figure out where we're going to go next. The issue of Europe is the best example of how we are still letting old attitudes and events shape our place in the world and it needs to change.

Adlington Announces Retirement

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Sport

Rebecca Adlington has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. The 23-year-old under-performed at the London 2012 Olympics as she took b...

Olympic Bottle Thrower Gets Eight-Week Community Order

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK Sport

The man who threw a plastic beer bottle at competitors at the start of the men's Olympic 100m final was sentenced to an eight-week community order tod...

Still Waiting for London 2012

Ruth Bushi | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Sport
Ruth Bushi

The London 2012 Olympic Games didn't take place in Stratford. Perhaps this was something you cottoned on to quite some time ago. Or perhaps you didn't then, nor now, give a shit. Either way, as a local resident living in the shadow of the athlete's village, I'm still waiting.

'No Team GB, No Olympic Dream, No Goal'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK

Luol Deng, Britain's biggest basketball star, has written a furious letter to David Cameron, vowing he will not sit back and allow the legacy of his s...

Olympic Stadium To Mark Anniversary Of London 2012

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK Sport

The Olympic Stadium will stage an international athletics grand prix to mark the first anniversary of the 2012 opening ceremony. The British Athlet...

Are We Snuffing Out the Olympic Flame?

Caroline Argyropulo-Palmer | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Sport
Caroline Argyropulo-Palmer

Maybe it was naive. Naive to believe that things would be different. That we weren't going to be back in exactly the same place four months on.

The Olympics 2012 Lesson: Unity Is The Way Forward

Rob Atkinson | Posted 03.03.2013 | UK Sport
Rob Atkinson

Benjamin Franklin memorably stated "Gentlemen, we must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately". The message that no group of people can succeed and prosper who are divided against themselves, applies equally to society at large.

Why Can't Our Olympians Just Be... Olympians?

Sammy Sultan | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK Sport
Sammy Sultan

With Tom Daley as the face of Splash!, we are perilously close to a terrain where our Olympic generation is immersed with second-rate celebrities. Louis Smith recently won Strictly Come Dancing, and whilst I accept the importance for these athletes to cash in whilst they can, I cannot help but feel disappointed.

10% Off Wine For Mothers, Journalists, Bankers, Germans & Gingers

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK

Are you ginger? A mother? A journalist? A banker? German? Perhaps a ginger German journalist? Do you drink wine? Well you're in luck, for if you f...

London 2012 Burry Stander Cyclist Dies

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 04.01.2013 | UK Sport

South African mountain biker Burry Stander has died in a road accident while on a training ride. The 25-year-old, who finished fifth at the London ...

Mo Farah Detained By Customs In 'US Terror Bungle'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK

Olympic star Mo Farah has revealed how he was detained by US customs officials who suspected he was a terrorist, saying that despite his international...

Wiggo And Team GB Heroes Knighted In New Year's Honours List

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Sport

Bradley Wiggins, Britain's first ever Tour de France winner and London 2012 Olympic gold medalist, has been knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours. ...

From Wimbledon Heartbreak To US Open Champion, Via An Olympic Gold: Murray's Monumental 2012 (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Sport

Andy Murray's semi-final Australian Open loss to Novak Djokovic in January was not the customary failure British tennis is usually associated with. It...

2012: A People Powered Year

John Coventry | Posted 26.02.2013 | UK Politics
John Coventry

As a memorable year draws to a close, I thought we'd get in the end-of-year-review spirit and look at some of the biggest people-powered campaigns of 2012.

What Happened to the End of 2012?

Iain Anderson | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK
Iain Anderson

As I write this the world is supposed to have ended. While Mayan observers predicted the end of the world on 21 December, it seems many Britons went into hibernation in the middle of the month. So what is going on?

Pictures Of The Year: The Best Photos And Images From 2012

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK

It's been an incredible year for photography and over the past 12 months we have been fortunate and also unfortunate enough to witness some of the mos...

The Top Ten Stories Of 2012

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

What sums up 2012 for you? Was it the London Olympics? Prince William's jubilant smile on his impending fatherhood? Or the Jimmy Savile case and all o...

London 2012 Olympics In Pictures (GALLERY)

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Sport

Choosing a sporting highlight of 2012 is akin to a child agonising over which confectionary they can have in a sweet shop. We were treated to an enthr...

Never Mind the Mayans, Here's the Apocalypse

Mark Borkowski | Posted 19.02.2013 | Home
Mark Borkowski

If I could have one Christmas wish, it would be for our politicians to stop being too embarrassed to stand by culture and support it for fear of being branded 'elitist'. The Arts are for everyone, and nothing embodies this better than the volunteers who worked tirelessly to create the opening ceremony this summer.

WATCH: When We Booed Osborne

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK Comedy

It was the year of the Diamond Jubilee. It was the year of the American election. But more, much more than this: it was the year we booed George Osbor...

2012: The Year In (Funny) Pictures

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Comedy

It's been quite a year, we think you'll agree. Especially if you're an otter who happens to look like Benedict Cumberbatch. Yes, from animal lookal...

The Most Inspiring TV Moment Of All Time?

PA | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

Danny Boyle's triumphant Olympic opening ceremony has been hailed as one of the most inspiring TV moments of all time second only to the moon landing,...

Arise Sir Wiggo? But Would Bradley Still A Knighthood Into His Drawer?

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Sport

Bradley Wiggins is set to lead the list of Olympic and Paralympic heroes in the Queen's New Year's honours list, however the Tour de France winner's r...

The Year In Factual TV: The Biggest Moments Remembered

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

Forget big budget films, the 'real' drama has played out across our TV screens throughout 2012. The nation has paused, rewound and recorded the best b...