Building melts cars! Or so the headlines went the construction of 20 Fenchurch Street or the Walkie Talkie was nearing completion in Sept 2013. Somewhere in the planning of a skyscraper that faces south nobody had considered that concave glass surfaces focus the sun’s rays. Dispite the fact it’s happened before! This was the first time […]
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HMS Belfast is an impressive sight. I was naturally drawn to its elegance, and the chains. Floating on the Thames it’s now a museum. A popular attraction it has a serene elegance despite its lethal abilities. Even though it has been decommissioned, those guns still hint of menace. You know they were once fired with
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Are the streets of London Paved with gold? So thought Dick Whittington as the tale of goes. As often happens with stories of historic characters myths have arisen which have nothing to do with the real character. As time goes on these myths are embellished as we enjoy the romance of the tale. London is
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All artists steal ideas? Or, as Picasso himself said,”Good Art is borrowed, great art is stolen” or so the line goes. If this were a record it would be a cover. The imagery is not my original idea in that the sculpture has existed and was created some time ago, but I see something else.
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You can’t ignore The Barbican Arts Centre Love or hate it, sometimes you wonder what inspires a building? Take the Barbican, it classes as brutalist architecture but where did the ideas come from? A conglomeration of diverse structures, it has a remarkable similarity to a rabbit warren. You can see where you need to go,
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All aboard! Any tour of London will, at some point, include the Double Decker Bus. Whether you ride on one or just photograph it, it’s part of the experience. The iconic image is, of course, the traditional Routemaster bus like this one and it must be RED! The red double decker bus is really a
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