A history lesson: Countdown to 2012, London's 1908 Olympics

By Nick Jones and Nick Jones Nick Jones2008-09-05T00:00:00

When London staged the Olympics 100 years ago, the delivery authority was a bunch of clubbable aristos, the developer was a Hungarian folk dancer and the athletes had to book themselves into local hotels. Nick Jones tells us what we have to learn from that approach

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