Andy Murray has competed incredibly hard at this Olympics, as is his wont. Six days into the Games, he has already gathered around 70 pins – each representing a different nation. Murray – who posted ...

Footfall – which in these parlous days means the sound of shoppers checking out goods before going home to order on the internet – is brisk in the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, as you ...

PARIS – Forget the medals. The top prize for many at the 2024 Paris Olympics is a shiny, heart-shaped Simone Biles pin. Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, has arrived at the Games with a ...

While Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps have been picking up medals, collecting of a different sort has been hugely popular at the Rio Olympics. Camped outside the Main Press Centre entrance on my journey ...

Pin badge collecting may not be a hobby immediately associated with the Olympics, but a gathering of "pinheads" in Stratford revealed their addiction is fuelled by a passion for the Games. The meeting ...

My name's Marco Maiani, I live in Florence, Italy and I have collected pins since 1991. I started collecting pins after a holiday in France where I bought my first pin: a tourist pin from the city of ...

The rarer the pin badge, the more prized it is Pin badge collecting may not be a hobby immediately associated with the Olympics, but a gathering of "pinheads" in Stratford revealed their addiction is ...

Pin badge collecting may not be a hobby immediately associated with the Olympics, but a gathering of "pinheads" in Stratford revealed their addiction is fuelled by a passion for the Games. The meeting ...