by Jessica Hazel.
Chances are, anyone reading this was one of the worldwide audience of 4 billion, glued to the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony on Friday night. It was described by TV commentator Hazel Irving as "breathtaking in its beauty and ambition". Even the hardest of critics will have found it hard to remain unimpressed at several poignant moments in the evening, the climax of which being the lighting of the Olympic caldron, a spectacle awarded to those who sat through hours and hours of literally every country under the sun parading out.