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Who are Team GBs athletes to watch Team GB is represented by its largest ever delegation for an Olympic Games on foreign soil, with 376 athletes and a further 22 reserve athletes competing across 26 sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games. It is second only to the 541 athletes selected for the London Olympics in 2012. For the first time in its 125-year history, Team GB has also taken more women than men to a summer Olympic Games. Of the 376 athletes selected, Team GB took 201 female (53.5%) and 175 ma...

Who are Team GBs athletes to watch Team GB will be represented by its largest ever delegation for an Olympic Games on foreign soil, with 376 athletes and a further 22 reserve athletes set to compete across 26 sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games. It is second only to the 541 athletes selected for the London Olympics in 2012. For the first time in its 125-year history, Team GB will also be taking more women than men to a summer Olympic Games. Of the 376 athletes selected, Team GB is taking 201 female ...

Exhibition looks at highly stylized visual languages featuring the repeated figure Keisuke Ishino, 2018, paper, coloured felt pen and sellotape sculptures, photo by Ellie Walmsley, courtesy of Flowers Gallery. LONDON .-Flowers Gallery presents Prismatic Minds, an exhibition looking at highly stylized visual languages featuring the repeated figure, curated by Jennifer Gilbert (Director of the Jennifer Lauren Gallery) and actor, writer, and co-presenter of art podcast Talk Art Russell Tovey. Brin...

Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Kordia appoints tech expert Ben Kepes to its board Kepes brings over a decade of experience. State-owned enterprise Kordia Group has appointed technology analyst, consultant and commentator Ben Kepes to its board. Kepes brings over a decade of experience, having served on the advisory boards of technology companies and as a winner of the...

PIONEERING poet Michael Horovitz - who helped liberate the post war poetry scene from its academic confines and steer its passage in a more anarchic and inclusive direction - has died, aged 86. He founded New Departures poetry publishing in 1959, brought Allen Ginsberg to Stroud in 1979, and launched the Poetry Olympics in 1980. Michael moved to Stroud with his wife Frances and son Adam - who are both now acclaimed poets in their own right - in 1971 and has had a presence here ever since....

Shirley Robertson talks with top skipper, professional sailor and sailmaker Mike Sanderson by Shirley Robertson 14 Jul 04:13 BST 14 July 2021 The signature shot of ABN AMRO 1 skippered by Mike Sanderson, as she passes Lizard Pt on the way to winning the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean race © Oskar Kihlborg In this months podcast, sailing maven Shirley Robertson talks with one of the worlds leading offshore and Maxi yacht skippers, from New Zealand, Mike "Moose" Sanderson. With ...

Dina Asher-Smith: Athletics - women’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m The headline act on the British team, Asher-Smith won three medals at the 2019 World Championships - including 200m gold - and has her sights firmly set on matching that achievement in Tokyo. Sam Atkin: Athletics - men’s 10,000m Based in the United States since moving there as a teenager for his studies, Atkin, now 28, made a huge breakthrough when he moved fifth on the British all-time 10,000m list in December 2020 to qualify for ...

NEW YORK, NY – Hard Days Night Hotel, situated on North John Street in the heart of Liverpool’s increasingly popular Cavern Quarter, will now become Millennium Hotels and Resorts’ 24th property within NEW YORK, NY – Hard Days Night Hotel, situated on North John Street in the heart of Liverpool’s increasingly popular Cavern Quarter, will now become Millennium Hotels and Resorts’ 24th property within the UK and Europe; adding to the diversity of the hotel group, which operates a dynam...

Major artists create new micro artworks for miniature gallery Major artists create new micro artworks for miniature gallery Masterpieces in miniature: artists including Sean Scully, Damien Hirst, Magdalene Odundo, and Gillian Wearing create tiny new artworks for the 2021 Model Art Gallery at Pallant House, Chichester All images: Installation views of ‘Masterpieces in Miniature: The 2021 Model Art Gallery’ at Pallant House Gallery. Photography: Rob Harris We all have a fantasy art collecti...

Laguna Beach facing parklets versus parking debate A construction worker adds finish to an outdoor dining deck in front of the Marine Room Tavern on Wednesday, May 19. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Print Laguna Beach is taking steps to address parking concerns in its downtown area, as some residents have raised issues about the parklets that were installed to assist restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic. The parklets allowed for restaurants to continue to operate with an outdoo...