We were inside the City in the last post. This week I look at modern buildings outside the financial centre of London. We start with he tallest building in Western Europe: THE SHARD It was originally going to be called London Bridge Tower but […]
Diary of a Tourist Guide:
Archives for March 2018
SKYSCRATCHERS I
London is basically built on mud which made it relatively easy to dig down to build tunnels for the tube system but much harder to build upwards for skyscrapers. Skyscratchers, I call them, for many years the tallest being the old NatWest building. For years the […]
SUPREMEMLY APPEALING
What do the carpet at the Supreme Court building in Westminster and the cover of the Sergeant Pepper album have in common? The were both designed by Peter Blake. The cover may be better known but […]
GENTLEMEN AND AMATEURS
Here are a couple of questions for you. No prizes – I cannot afford them at this time of year when there is very little work around. 1. Who ran the first four minute mile? 2. Who ran the first sub ten second 100 metres? […]
SHAKESPEARE IN WORDS AND PICTURES II
WHAT DID SHAKESPEARE LOOK LIKE? If we accept that Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him then it might be worth wondering what he looked like. There is a good deal of uncertainty on this and a lot of speculation. The Droeshot Engraving This is […]