eventin get it. turning now to the big event in asia here today, the official opening ceremony of the beijing winter olympics. they are, of course, years in the making. so how does it all come together and how will covid shape the way events are managed? ric birch has directed and produced five different olympic opening ceremonies including beijing in 2008. i asked him how he thought this ceremony would pan out. well, you can t make any changes to the show for politics, or it would be just impossible to do it. you have to think in terms of creativity and the cultural icons of the society that you re working in. in the introduction, i heard about having a hand picked audience of party functionaries and hand picked party members that means the audience itself will be incredibly stiff and not responsive at all in the way that a normal general public audience is. so i think that in itself makes
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Brightlingsea One Design number 31 Blue Peter was built in 1961 by John Mullins © Mullins family
John Mullins was a designer and builder of World Championship winning Dragon, Soling and Brightlingsea One Design boats. In addition he designed and built many successful sailing dinghies, cruising yachts and motor launches.
Starting as a shipwright in the 1950s, John was known for always doing a job properly, and worked up to be a respected consultant for Petticrows and owned his own boatbuilding business. As a keen helmsman he won his class at several Essex sailing club race weeks.
John passed away in December 2020.
1938 - 1953