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- ↑ Olympics Closing ceremony: we’ve had the wedding, now it’s time for the disco Cole Moreton , The Daily Telegraph, 11 Aug 2012.
- ↑ Profile: Kim Gavin, director of Olympic closing ceremony BBC News 13 August 2012.
- ↑ Gavin: profile of Cultural Olympiad ceremony director [ dead link ] Daily Telegraph, 16 August 2012
