Olympian line-up

 A line-up of high profile artists will headline the 12-week London 2012 Festival – the finale of the four-year Cultural Olympiad programme currently running across the UK (see pp5–7). A Nobel Prize winner, a Brit Award winner, two Turner Prize winners, an Academy Award winner, a Golden Globe winner and three BAFTA Award winners will be among those taking part in over 1,000 events across the UK during the festival. They will be featured on a website which will go live next summer, with tickets on sale from October 2011. The aim is for over three million people to be part of the Festival, with some events ticketed and some free. The BBC Proms and Edinburgh Festivals will be working in collaboration with the London 2012 Festival to extend its impact further. The opening event will be a Peace One Day production in Derry-Londonderry, produced by Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley and ambassador Jude Law.