If you find a giant javelin piercing your local park, or a 3m tall shot-put sinking into the pavement outside your closest Tube station, don’t worry, these aren’t Olympic-related hallucinations.

Part of “Gifts of the Olympic Gods”, these 12 sculptures – including javelins, shot-puts, and bows and arrows – have been installed around the city, evoking the Greek gods in whose honour the original Olympic Games were held.  And up-close, the impressive sculptures really do look like they have been dropped from a great height! Unsuspecting pedestrians beware.

You can see the giant sculptures at the following locations:

Shot-Put

• Archbishop Park, SE1
• Sloane Square, SW1
• Royal Naval College, Greenwich,SE10
• Shell Building Plinth, York Road, SE1
• Kennington Park Triangle, SE11

Javelin

• Westfield London, W12
• Lewisham roundabout, SE13
• Canada Water Plaza, SE16
• Jubilee Park, E14

Bow and Arrows

• Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1
• General Gordon Square, SE18
• King’s College, Guy’s Hospital, SE1

The gifts are part of the Mayor of London’s Summer Like No Other programme. Find out about other “Wonders” cropping up over London during the Games at www.molpresents.com/wonder

Have you seen any of the Gifts of the Olympic Gods? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Following a hugely successful St Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, London is fully into its St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

More than 100,000 revellers headed to Trafalgar Square to watch the Mayor of London’s St Patrick’s Day Parade, which included marching bands, dance groups, and a giant St Patrick and the Snake pageant.

But there’s more to come. Not only are many of London’s pubs and bars celebrating St Patrick’s Day this month, but various restaurants are also marking the occasion.

Or you can head to Brent for a St Patricks’ Day parade on Wednesday, as well as storytelling, music and Irish dancing.

If you’re looking for some suitable music to help you celebrate the patron saint of Ireland, try one of the following:

• Cara Dillon at Jubilee Park
• Irish Mist at Willesden Green Library
• St Patrick’s Day at the 100 Club
• St Patrick’s Day special at The Boogaloo in North London

Let us know what you’re up to this week to mark Lá Fhéile Pádraig…