leah.jones posted several photos of the Olympic Relay Torch:

Amazing photos by someone who actually got to hold an Olympic Relay Torch. It doesn’t look particularly Chinese to me, but it does look really cool. All I can say is that it looks amazing and I’m jealous!

It’s hard to believe that these torches have been the centre of so much attention. It’s a real shame that there’s been so much negativity around the Olympic Relay – this should have been a really joyous event.