Chambers recently invited me below ground at the Brompton Road Tube station in West London, which he intends to turn into a restaurant and museum in time for the 2012 Olympics.

BBC: Reawakening the Underground

In 1994, thieves brought a ladder to a window at the National Gallery on the first day of the Olympics in Lillehammer and took the work, leaving a note in its place thanking the museum for its lousy security.

WSJ: 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch

The Greek Government is planning to build a museum to house the marbles, to be be completed in time for the 2004 Olympics.

BBC: Greece may share Elgin Marbles

The ceremony for the lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2012 London Olympics is scheduled to take place on May 10 at the Ancient Olympia site, where the museum is located.

CNN: Manhunt launched in dramatic Greek museum robbery

Put together with artefacts from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, it is a four-part historical tour of the ancient Olympics and their modern rebirth in the late 1800s, including a hall of past torches and a gallery of 16 extraordinary modern athletes profiled along with examples of medals from each modern Games.

BBC: The story of the Olympics, with a bit of flair