• Issue 3
• The Making Of

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• Issue 3

Last week Tokyo unveiled its logo as part of its application bid to stage the 2016 summer Olympics, more than eight years away and well before the official shortlist of host cities is announced.

Now that Tokyo has a logo the Japanese capital could feasibly step in and hold next year's Olympiad should Beijing collapse under the weight of change or be swallowed up by a pollution cloud and be unable to stage the world's premier athletic spectacle. (I imagine China would sooner open a Strabucks on every street corner than have the games handed over to their long term rivals).

• Issue 3
• Arts & Entertainment

Much has been written of the 8,601 diamonds placed in the skull that forms the centrepiece to Beyond Belief, Damien Hirst's current exhibition at the White Cube galleries in London.

This review differs slightly in that it does not intend to be a critique of the artist as an artist. Instead I will write only of the viewing experience.

In the beginning there's a queue - not beyond belief. The lady handing out the tickets takes your name and post code. I advise invention. I was Tony Montana, from Battersea.

• Issue 3
• Arts & Entertainment

It wouldn't be out of the question to imagine that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's first syllable spoken on earth might have been four-letters long beginning with the sixth letter of the alphabet. Listening to Ramsay, who uses the word f*ck more times than he adds spices to his dishes, is a pleasure because he puts so much passion into his poetic deliverance of the ‘f' word.

• Issue 3
• Politics and Society

On 23 April, the Pearson group launched a campaign to revitalise their flagship newspaper, the Financial Times. Driven by the campaign website, the ad blitz also extends to huge billboards dotted around London and a few changes to the UK's print edition.