Michael Prodger

Opportunity knocks

Tony Hall tells Michael Prodger about how he transformed the Cultural Olympiad into the London 2012 Festival

issue 07 January 2012

Tony Hall tells Michael Prodger about how he transformed the Cultural Olympiad into the London 2012 Festival

The most obvious gift possessed by Tony Hall, or Baron Hall of Birkenhead to give him his proper title, is for cleaning up an almighty mess. When he joined the Royal Opera House in 2001, after a long career at the BBC where he had been director of News and Current Affairs, the place had just chewed through five chief executives in four years.

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