We're obsessed with the details of planning, preparation and politics that goes on with staging the beastly sporting behemoth that is a 21st century Olympic Games. Almost daily, we mutter about billion pound budgets, lasting legacies, sustainability, cultural Olympiads and corporate sponsors. How refreshing then, to consider the first London Olympics whose centennial anniversary is being celebrated today with a royal reception. The 1908 Games were cobbled together in just 2 years when Rome......