‘It broke up our families’: The Travellers who made way for the Olympic Stadium are still fighting for a new site
Mena Mongan of London Gypsies and Travellers says the community wasn’t even offered tickets to the Games
Olympic games 2012
Five things the Olympics got wrong
Home Counties ticket holders, overblown legacy claims – let’s not be blind to where the London Games didn’t deliver
Olympic torch route, day 64: there’s something for everyone in Clissold Park
Virginia Woolf, skater kids, Bugaboo mums, Ninja Turtles, and now the torch – this green space has seen it all
The White Building/Lea River Park – review
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
London 2012: Phillips Idowu pull-out sends shivers through home nation
• Olympic triple jump silver medallist troubled by ‘hip tightness’ • Worries for Tiffany Porter, Robbie Grabarz, men’s sprint relay
London 2012: Phillips Idowu says he is focused and denies injury fears
• Charles van Commenee had said triple jumper was injured • Idowu will jump at Diamond League meeting on Saturday
Olympic Park’s former artist in residence to deal with disillusionment
Neville Gabie’s next project will ‘explore how far away we might have moved from the original spirit of the Games’
The Olympic Park – review
The Velodrome, the Copper Box, the Energy Centre: some fine buildings will grace London 2012. But tawdry compromise is never far away…
Protester receives Olympics asbo
London man who opposed construction of basketball venue believed to be first to receive wide-ranging ban from Olympics
An alternative Olympic tour takes in Hackney’s art, history and fashions
As the Olympics loom, Alexandra Topping takes a tour within sight and sound of the London 2012 site Interactive: an alternative tour around the site [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london-2012-olympics-blog/interactive/2012/feb/20/olympic-park-alternative-tour]
Olympics organisers urged to ban tents for fear of Occupy-style protests
Theresa May vows to prevent ‘encampments’ – but London 2012 security chiefs argue against prohibiting tents
London Olympic press and media centre legacy shortlist revealed
• David Cameron calls for establishment of ‘tech city’ • Venue generates ‘huge amounts of commercial interest’
BBC to mark 2012 Olympics with ‘biggest ever free live music event’
Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealed
Anger grows over Olympic proposal for Fish Island
Residents complain that second corporate Olympic venue on small industrial area in Stratford, which will include the UK’s largest TV screen, is a disaster waiting to happen
Olympics Aquatic Centre – review
Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space
London 2012 park sparks architectural argument between old and new names
Design Council chief celebrates Prince Charles’ lack of involvement as traditionalists complain about ‘overt prejudice’