The Olympics

- Chris Hoy has received a great deal of attention for his three cycling gold medals. But, hands up, how many people know that the design of his bike was courtesy of BAE Systems?

- Three years ago, North and South Korea even contemplated having a unified team in Beijing. Sadly, it ended up that they didn't even march together into the stadium.

- Too much attention has been given to gold medalists. I'd like more attention to the athletes who came to Beijing and achieved personal bests. I think Louis Smith, winning the first individual medal in gymnastics for Britain since 1908, should get more attention.

- Speaking of medals, who are the top countries when you compare total medals to their country's GDP? (China, US, Britain and Russia lead the official medals table today. But, by this criteria, Russia is 34th, China is 40th, Britain is 49th, and the US is 71st)