And there was me thinking the London bit of the Beijing closing ceremony was a witty, ironic homage to Spinal Tap's Stonehenge, what with the musicians towering above the cut-out London skyline.

Whatever London chooses for the 2012 opening ceremony, you can be sure it will not reflect the way we see ourselves. If it were me, I'd just show Live Aid again. London was a world leader that day and it did it through real music, not contrived marketing images.