Quite the contrary, I didn't. I was not among the multitude who wished the Dome ill, hoped it wouldn't open in time or complained of its monumental cost. Governments are for bread and circuses.
Great moments deserve great monuments and flamboyant popular festivals are all too rare.
Time passing is better marked by extravagant celebration than with wars or monarch's reigns. But alas this is not a great exhibition. It is a deep disappointment. It doesn't work on any level, from the most mundane purchase of a cup of coffee to any bit of really good fun. Lord Falconer is busy apologising to the VIPs for their chaotic first night queuing, but he'd better stand at the door grovelling to the paying public too.