alison Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Recent visitors to the ROH will have noticed that the ROH shop has been closed. It will re-open later on today as an official LOCOG shop for the duration of the Olympics and Paralympics, selling only official Olympics merchandise (http://www.roh.org.uk/visit/shop). I mention this mainly because people will need to think about finding alternative sources for their dance (and opera?) magazines for the next couple of months. Edit: I notice that there doesn't seem to be any online shop facility any more on the ROH website. Is this just for the duration, or is it a permanent (non-)feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Hi Alison When I spoke to someone in the shop last week they said that they were redesigning the shop part of the website and that they were hoping that it would all be in place in September. I think it's such a shame that LOCOG have forced ROH just to sell the Olympic merchandise. What about all those tourists who come to London who would liKe to get something from the ROH? There are so many shops that sell LOCOG stock how many sell ROH merchandise? Anyway that's my mini rant over-it does seem a shame though that ROH couldn't get their online shop live in time for the temporary closure of their onsite store. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I agree with you, Kate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Of the people I know that go to the ROH, and I lnow a fair number, not one of them would be likely to buy a piece of Olympic tat. This is one of those decisions that seem to defy logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Matter of principal for me after the treatment of BRB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Is Olympic tat going to be worse than ROH tat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Is Olympic tat going to be worse than ROH tat? Not seen Wenlock and Mandeville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Not seen Wenlock and Mandeville? Oh, the horror, the horror. But then what about the rack of greetings cards of ill-drawn babies posing as ballerinas? (Or was that a nightmare I had?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I agre with Tony in respect of the treatment of BRB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Of the people I know that go to the ROH, and I lnow a fair number, not one of them would be likely to buy a piece of Olympic tat. This is one of those decisions that seem to defy logic. But there's nothing cultured going on after tomorrow - the place is being turned into an Olympics exhibition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 As there is so much of the Olympic Route Network between home and town - we go down the M11 and right past the Stratford site - we have decided to obey all strictures about keeping away from central London till it's all over. This news about the ROH Shop seems symptomatic of the whole and is another small reason not to bother. It'll be TV for the major events up here, I fear - but that's good. PS: If I was still in the RAF, I might be on the door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Is Olympic tat going to be worse than ROH tat? on a par I should imagine Though I was hoping to get a Dancing Times over the summer, as there is an interview in there I was hoping to read (think its the August issue - or the one that comes out in August, not sure which). Anywhere recommended to find a copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 The larger W.H.Smith shops sell The Dancing Times, also Dance Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 But there's nothing cultured going on after tomorrow - the place is being turned into an Olympics exhibition! I thought they were still doing tours of the building, if they are the shop would be a nice earner. Do the profits from all this go to ROH or LOCOG do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marg S Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I agre with Tony in respect of the treatment of BRB. Oh so do I. In spades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have to admit to not having a clue about whatever this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Me too -is there a thread on here or could some kind soul tell us about what happened to BRB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 John- not sure who was responsible for the plethora of baby pink infantilised cards but they were not your nightmare I'm afraid, unless we are suffering from some dystopian group hallucinations! I've also pointedly asked several times why all the ballet merchandised and smaller children's clothes have to be pink and 'girlified'. Firstly I know many girls who don't like pink and secondly boys do ballet too! Or they would do perhaps if ROH encouraged the idea that ballet was for boys and girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Dave, surely Freed still sells Dancing Times. At least, they used to a few years back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 What happened to BRB was the enforced name-change of Faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Oh that. I thought you meant some business between them and the ROH. Legally, LOCOG were within their rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 They may have been but Mr Bintley's "product" was class and the LOCOG stance was petty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 LOCOG may well have been in the right, but I'd dearly like to know how it obtained said rights over three English language adverbs, set in a certain order. Is there a Bye-law or any statute conferring this right? Could I copyright "Dafter, Funnier, Louder," for example - and if so, on what grounds? And will "Faster etc" still be off-limits to the English-speaking community from September? Or is it simply a matter of nobody caring once these shenanigans are all over? And with the entire designated route network coming into force tomorrow, from 6am - Midnight each day till 14 August, I wait to see to what extent the patience of the public at large in London will be tested. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 LOCOG may well have been in the right, but I'd dearly like to know how it obtained said rights over three English language adverbs, set in a certain order. Is there a Bye-law or any statute conferring this right? I mentioned it at the time: the "Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995". Brilliant, isn't it? Wonder if it was done in relation to a prior Olympic bid, given the date. And I'm pretty certain you can pretty much trademark any words you like, even a list of three comparative adjectives (I think they're adjectives rather than adverbs, aren't they?) provided you issue sufficient disclaimers keeping the use of them individually available to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneL Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 The list of banned words is total insanity... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-flooded-with-brand-police-to-protect-sponsors-7945436.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Jane, thanks for the link to this article. Can I please reassure LOCOG that I will not be travelling to a city in the South East of England between now and the end of September in the year before 2013! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Arrowsmith Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Would worry more if the shop were worthy of a venue such as the ROH. Compared to the shop at the New York Met it is poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Thank you for letting us know, certainly saves me a wasted journey. I usually stock up on ballet class music, pointe magazine and dance magazine in August....maybe time to explore an iPad version.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 The list of banned words is total insanity... http://www.independe...rs-7945436.html Not really, when you take into account the magic words "depending on the context" - provided that that "context" is not unreasonable. The words can still be used. They're just trying to stop people jumping on the bandwagon and implying a link between their business or whatever and the Olympics when there isn't one. One of my local takeaways, last year, decided to put the Olympic logo on its flyers, and got its wrists roundly slapped. (I know this, because rather than lose all the money destroying the flyers, they inked out all the logos so that they were barely detectable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 On looking at the Indy's list, I wondered how the BBC was not pursued over use of "Twenty Twelve" as the title of its satirical TV series. The answer appears to lie in para 4(3) of the Act: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/32/crossheading/the-olympics-association-right Does anyone here recall what led to this legislation - which will presumably sit on the statute book till another government decides to repeal it - and why it was felt to be worthy of parliamentary time? What was the Major administration thinking of back in 1995? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Does anyone here recall what led to this legislation - which will presumably sit on the statute book till another government decides to repeal it - and why it was felt to be worthy of parliamentary time? What was the Major administration thinking of back in 1995? Perhaps something to do with the Manchester bids for 1996 & 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 I wondered whether it was a prerequisite, or at least suggested that it would help the cause, of a bid, but I'm not convinced the timing works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Last night the Floral Hall was being stripped of its fixtures and fittings before the audience had even left the building. A deep carpet in an unattractive puke-green colour has made an appearance in the amphi bar and corridor, not very good quality as bits were coming off all over it. Wonder who foots the bill for all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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