Olympics & the media

Tom Cruise pulled off the best Scientology stunt ever. If only he could really levitate | Catherine Bennett

Waving the Olympic flag in Paris, the cult’s star made the world forget about the unpleasant bits

Catherine Bennett

18, Aug, 2024 @6:00 AM

Olympic ‘drag queen scene’ DJ files legal complaint after torrent of online abuse

A lawyer for Barbara Butch says her client has received homophobic and antisemitic abuse after her performance at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony

Jon Henley in Paris

30, Jul, 2024 @3:03 PM

Three things with Dr Katrina Warren: ‘The more dog hair in the brush, the less in every other nook and cranny’

In our weekly interview about objects, the celebrity veterinarian tells us about the fur tumbleweeds that invade her home – and a suitcase she can’t bear to throw away.

As told to Katie Cunningham

13, Aug, 2023 @3:00 PM

‘A Jerusalem for everyone’: was the 2012 Olympics the last gasp of liberal Britain?

Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the London games was meant to be a celebration of Britain’s diverse history and its open-minded values. Ten years later, it seems more like a requiem

Steve Rose

16, Jul, 2022 @10:55 AM

ABC source dries up as transcripts of news and current affairs shows curtailed

Not a good couple of weeks for the national broadcaster: only one key interview from radio programs will be transcribed and its ABC News Twitter account was suspended for showing ‘offensive’ bare bottom

Amanda Meade

05, Aug, 2016 @1:53 AM

BBC dealt another blow after losing control of TV rights for Olympics

The BBC has lost control of the rights to the Olympic Games from 2022 onwards after the US broadcasting giant Discovery, owner of Eurosport, signed a £920m exclusive pan-European deal

Owen Gibson

29, Jun, 2015 @12:23 PM

Innovative design is undervalued in the UK | Graham McCallum

Wherever there is good design you will find a civilised and progressive society, writes designer Graham McCallum

Graham McCallum

31, Mar, 2014 @11:00 AM

David Coleman obituary

The BBC's leading sports presenter for more than four decades

Frank Keating

21, Dec, 2013 @6:19 PM

London 2012: British Olympians on the highs and lows of life after the Games

Last summer, Team GB won 63 golds in the Olympics and Paralympics. A year on, Tim Lewis speaks to six of them

Tim Lewis

22, Jun, 2013 @11:03 PM

Bafta TV craft awards: BBC London Olympics coverage takes two

Other double winners include BBC2 Shakespeare drama Hollow Crown and BBC1's drama hit Call The Midwife. By John Plunkett

John Plunkett

29, Apr, 2013 @11:13 AM

Tony Gubba obituary

Distinguished sports commentator who lent his expertise to ITV's Dancing on Ice

John Rawling

11, Mar, 2013 @6:37 PM

Mo Farah asked by US newsreader: 'Haven't you run before?'

Double Olympic gold medallist left bemused by questions after winning the New Orleans half-marathon in record time

Shiv Malik

26, Feb, 2013 @11:09 PM

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