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Torchbearer stories: interactive
The word cloud below illustrates the words that appear most frequently in torchbearer nomination stories (a slightly different version is available here). Underneath that you can find an interactive...
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Four out of seven directors at £50m Olympic energy contractor found among...
UPDATE: Now published on the Caledonian Mercury. Rupert Soames is having a very good year. In addition to netting a £7m bonus this year on top of his £1.39m salary, and seeing the company’s share price...
View ArticleTHES: Vice chancellors grabbing university Olympic torch places {updated}
Times Higher Education reports on senior university managers “getting in on the act” of carrying the Olympic torch, after Samsung allocated 3 places each to 31 universities. The places were meant for...
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Investigation into today’s torchbearers in German daily Der Tagesspiegel
German daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel has published a story on German executives carrying the Olympic torch after spotting our list of ‘mystery torchbearers‘ on the Guardian’s datablog. The story,...
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How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay lost its way part 1: Jack Binstead’s story
This is the first part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way. You can download the book for free – or choose to pay a...
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How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay lost its way part 2: The presenting partners
In the second part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at how the presenting partners’ allocation of...
View ArticleMystery torchbearers search hits halfway mark
The search to identify 500 torchbearers without stories has hit the 50% mark, thanks to dozens of people scouring the list of names to find records elsewhere. Among the names are well-known...
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The experience of the torchbearer – and the executives who carried the...
In the final part of the serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at how the story affected one inspirational individual...
View ArticleConflicts of interest revealed over Cultural Olympiad funding in Yorkshire
Help Me Investigate user Carol Lee has been investigating the way that Cultural Olympiad funding was allocated in Yorkshire, with the results published this week in Arts Professional. Despite being...
View ArticleCorrection: CCTV spending by Aberdeen City, not Aberdeenshire Council
We previously reported that Aberdeenshire had spent part of their torch relay funds on CCTV. This should have said Aberdeen City Council. We apologise for the error. The original post, and the...
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Wealthy London boroughs paid less for Olympic Torch Relay – investigation
Image: Angryoffinchley London boroughs with the poorest populations paid more to host Olympic Torch Relay events, while more affluent boroughs spent nothing, according to an investigation by Help Me...
View ArticleThe £1m cost of policing the Northern Ireland Olympic torch relay
Help Me Investigate contributor Gesbeen Mohammad has written for Northern Ireland investigative site The Muckraker on the costs of policing the Olympic Torch Relay in the region. She writes: “The final...
View ArticleTorch relay story 8,000 Holes now on Medium
Help Me Investigate’s ebook 8,000 Holes: How the Olympic Torch Relay Lost Its Way has been published on the longform writing site Medium. The story is Help Me Investigate’s first venture on the...
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