11/26/2008
Jeremy Prynne for poet laureate! (Guardian Unlimited)
OK, not really. Pigs might fly before JH Prynne , whose work comes with a notorious reputation for obscurity and who is famously shy of giving interviews or reading in public, would either be up for, or any good at, being poet laureate. But my point is to suggest – on the day that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport begins the search for Andrew Motion's successor – how narrow the ...
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12/02/2008
Government ponders £20m athlete bailout for London 2012 (Daily Telegraph)
A £20£30 million bailout for Britain's Olympic athletes being considered to close funding shortfall.
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12/02/2008
Games ministers ignored report saying only benefit would be a national party (Evening Standard)
An official report which concluded that the London Olympics would fail to deliver sporting or economic benefits was ignored by ministers, it was claimed today.
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11/25/2008
Peruvian football ban: A lesson for the UK Govt (SNP)
SNP Culture, Media and Sport Spokesperson Pete Wishart MP has described FIFA’s suspension of Peru from international football as a result of an ongoing feud between the Peruvian Government and the Peruvian Football Federation as a salutary lesson for the UK Government.
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11/25/2008
Stringfellow's plea to MPs (ITV.com)
Lapdancing club boss Peter Stringfellow has urged MPs to reject stricter rules for strippers. Giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, the 68-year-old entrepreneur admitted "not everywhere should have a lapdancing club".
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12/02/2008
Ministers were warned 2012 Olympics 'would bring little benefit to Britain' (Daily Mail)
Ministers ploughed ahead with the 2012 Olympic bid despite their own experts warning it would bring little economic or social benefit, it has emerged.
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12/02/2008
Olympics good for having a party but not much else, secret report warned ministers (Times Online)
Ministers ignored evidence from their own experts who found scant social or economic justification for bidding for the 2012 Olympics, The Times has learnt.
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12/02/2008
Game over? English football at bursting point (Independent)
Back in October, in the Great Hall of Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea Football Club, 1,000 "senior decision- makers in world football" gathered. There was an air of optimism and self-congratulation. Commercial managers from some of the country's top clubs talked of exciting new opportunities in the Far East. Gossip was traded about how lucrative the next Premier League television deal ...
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12/02/2008
World Cup bid undermined as few are moved to take up sport (Times Online)
Claims by ministers that hosting the 2018 World Cup would increase participation in football are undermined by the findings of Game Plan, the government-commissioned report into the London 2012 Olympic bid.
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12/01/2008
Beer we go: Chelsea lead Premier League pint rip-off (Daily Mail)
Spare a thought for Chelsea supporters. After watching their side lose 2-1 to London rivals Arsenal , it has been revealed that they head the list of Premier League supporters paying well over the odds for a pint.
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