In the spirit of the forthcoming global sporting event that we are all anticipating, I have spent some time over the last few weeks putting together what might be said to be a more 'critical' look at some of the impacts of the event on a range of geographical themes. I visited the Olympics Park last month, and did a full circuit of the area around it in the company of a school group...
I then followed up a few thoughts on what might be the issues with holding this event in London. A lot of focus has been on the legacy of the games, and for me there are some issues with the way that the Olympics park will benefit the area that surrounds it, and the benefits for the Olympics to the country as a whole...
In the spirit of encouraging slightly more 'critical' geographers, here are some potential discussion points to follow up further....
If anyone has other suggestions, please comment or get in touch...
And just to show that it's not all anti-Olympics, here's my son's Team GB duck: Goldie...
Update
Thanks to Jack Marsh for the lead to this excellent short video on YouTube...
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