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7000 athletes on 85 boats, 2000 performers, and music from singers such as Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura, and Céline Dion. And then there was the

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games dazzled with its grand display of glitter, parades, punctuated by typically French provocative performances that celebrate France’s unique

Focusing on the Seine rather than the stadium was one of the most self-conscious innovations of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. “Bold, original, and unique,”

The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris was joyfully creative, bizarre, and entertaining. At a personal level, I enjoyed it from start

As an event that memorably featured the spouting blood of beheaded aristocrats, the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris may not seem

Elite sport in 1924 was both vital and political. Now, it is merely commercial. This was epitomised by the fact that during the 2024 opening

President Macron’s use of the phrase ‘en même temps’ has become a political cliché, signalling duality, a need for nuance, or (as his supporters would