London 2012: Marina Hyde's Olympics
Usain Bolt's effortless cool makes us all yearn to be like him Marina Hyde London 2012's 100m champion has endeared himself to Britain by maintaining the illusion of a man making minimal effort
London 2012's judo highlight: David Cameron v Vladimir Putin Marina Hyde Putin looks to be the winner of a diplomatic face-off at ExCel, with a masterful show of bear-hugging and authoritative pointing
Olympics 2012: in Greenwich, it's Country O'Clock Riding boots, wellies – and a reverence for the military – were proudly on show among the more-than-usually expert crowds watching the equestrian events
Dizzying dreams triumph over crass commercialism at the Olympic Park Marina Hyde Thousands of good-natured spectators are happy to rise above the corporate silliness and soak up the euphoric atmosphere
London 2012 beach volleyball is a maverick mix of Benny Hill and sport Marina Hyde
Olympic Games opening ceremony: irreverent and idiosyncratic Marina Hyde
London 2012: the Games may actually be our economic strategy Marina Hyde Judging from David Cameron's press conference, London 2012 has become central to the psychiatric health of UK plc
London 2012: Prince Harry has 'got a date' with the beach volleyball Marina Hyde Hopefully, the Olympic schedules of the young royals won't distract TV producers and picture editors from the main event
London 2012: Norman's conquered but the gun couple keep their powder dry Australia's husband and wife shooters are each missing their Mark and there'll be no pink-clad Rafael Nadal to console them
London 2012: Pippa Middleton takes on the Olympic bureaucrats The Middleton family's company is under investigation by London 2012 organisers over its Games-targeted party supplies
London 2012: will Nick Buckles pass the baton of blame? The beleaguered boss finally faced MPs over the shambles but as Locog may attest, he's not the only one who failed to deliver
London 2012: obesity pushers join Boris Johnson for sponsors' day Marina Hyde You need to be on weapons-grade hallucinogens to be able to discern the vaguest connection between athletic competition and the baroque idiocy of the sponsorship circus
London 2012 Olympics: still optimistic about the Saudi situation, Mr Rogge? Marina Hyde If Saudi Arabia doesn't, after all, send female athletes, who better to respond than a serially compromised bureaucrat?
London 2012: even Beijing didn't put an army on the gates Olympics organisers say visitors will find the huge military presence at the Games 'reassuring' – the most questionable of claims
A lesson in Olymp-o-nomics Marina Hyde Lloyds Banking Group informs us that the Olympics will make us all £165 happier. Are you feeling warm inside yet?
The London 2012 Olympics takes gold for management-speak Marina Hyde 2012 folk talk as though they had attended a summer seminar in business communication in 1987
London 2012 Olympics: Team GB and the 'ultimate shopping experience' Marina Hyde Britain's athletes pick up their snazzy kit – and clear steps appear to have been taken to prevent any leisurewear violations
Will Olympic rowing coverage be hit by the Beeb's river hoodoo? Should we worry that Auntie will cut away from the men's coxless four to solicit a John Barrowman riff on Lycra?
London 2012 Olympics: just WTF is going on at GB Taekwondo? Marina Hyde The British Olympic Association weighs in to the taekwondo selection process, while organisers defend those £7 pints
Marina Hyde's Olympics: Kim Jong-un, the man with a gold medal touch Welcome to the second instalment of our Olympic roundup, featuring dictators, fried chicken and London 2012's burgeoning conspiracy culture
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