A glorious, fully illustrated celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, with expert analysis and comment from The Times’ cast of sporting experts and brought to life with sumptuous, award-winning photographs The London 2012 Olympic Games are one of the great success stories not just in British sport but beyond that. An unprecedented number of golds won by Team GB, countless magical moments that had the nation on the edge of their seats waving flags and cheering on Britain’s finest, and a mood of national pride all went towards making it a unique moment in British history. In this sumptuous, fully illustrated tribute to the Games, The Times have brought together their cast of sports experts and award-winning photos to re-live the Games and celebrate everything they achieved. This is a souvenir of a treasured moment in British sporting history that allows fans to relive that incredible fortnight, page by page and medal by medal.
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently, and have only had common ownership since 1967.