The London Olympics has given us new vocabulary: ORNs and PRNs. Or as we&#39ve been hearing, Olympic Road Network and Paralympic Road Network. And as from today London commuters travelling along the Olympic network will have to beware of the 30 miles of Olympic Lanes crisscrossing the capital to spe

The British propensity for non-deference militates against special treatment to anyone, unless of course you&#39re the official underdog. &quotThe last shall be first&quot is a biblical theme which could just as easily have been written by a British attitudes and motivation committee. We really can&

Two weeks ago while at a soccer match in Houston, the woman beside me said she was in London last year and &quotthe Olympics will be a mess&quot, or at least that was a polite paraphrase. It had been clear from my pink freckled skin and my lack of enthusiasm for using the word &quotawesome&quot that

On the train yesterday I sat next to a family with some very excited children who were off on holiday. You couldn&#39t help being caught up in their sense of excitement and anticipation. I know just how they feel. I keep wanting to say: Are we there yet? For the past five years as head of Multi-fait

When I&#39m sitting in the Multi-faith Centre at the Athlete&#39s Village I can look around at the diverse representation of humanity I am with. We are men and women, younger and older from almost every continent. Some are very fit world class athletes and others of us, me included, are slightly ove