Ducks force-fed shortbread, teens drunk on cider, petrol vigilantes… that’s the real countryside
This article tells us – The green and pleasant land is one of the themes of Danny Boyle’s 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, boasting 10,000 extras, live sheep, a replica Glastonbury Tor, real maypole frolicking and mosh pits – all happening in just 44 days’ time. I feel for Danny Boyle and I feel for the BBC crew covering his vision. If the Jubilee coverage and its 4,000 official complaints taught us anything, it was that as a nation of spoilt, indolent sofa-chunterers, our expectations of modern life have not been managed.
To me this artificial image,offered up to millions of viewers, tells you everything you need to know about our failure to take rural England seriously. Is it the UK olympics or just a London party?!