Tag Archives: olympics

Unusually pretty Chinese astronaut ‘returns’ to Earth

Spacewalk faked as original astronaut had crooked teeth.
chinese space mission

Team GB and the Great Clunking Fists

Yesterday’s Channel 4 News image.
gordon brown, team GB

Team GB Battle It Out

New image later today. now live on Channel 4 news website.
team GB

Singin’ In Beijing

The girl who sang at the Olympics Opening Ceremony was miming after the girl whose voice was used was deemed not pretty enough – link.
Now where did the organisers get that idea? – Yes, those damn Americans who came up with it over 50 years earlier.
‘Scuse the quality…

Beijing Olympics on the BBC in High Definition

beijing olympics smog

btw – (not HD related), If your Freeview has stopped working recently (it may still do when you next scan for new, updated channels), it’s because Freeview is updating its transmission standards and you have an old set-top box. There’s nothing else for it – you have to buy a new one because the manufacturers either can not or will not update the firmware.

David Miliband Dreams On

Yesterday’s Channel 4 News image.
david miliband prime minister

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