Before it won four Oscars after a spectacular run in the world’s cinemas, ‘The King’s Speech‘ was a play by David Seidler, and much to the delight of London’s theatre-goers this play has just returned for a run at Wyndham’s Theatre on Charing Cross Road. Charles Edwards is in fine form as the tongue-tied King [...]
March 28, 2012
London’s Smallest Spaces (Possibly)
Here’s a little list of what are likely to be London’s most diminutive spots – some are certainly open to debate, so if you know better please do add a note in the comments field: London’s Cosiest Public Garden The Bonnington Square Pleasure Garden occupies the space left by a small group of houses destroyed [...]
March 27, 2012
Damien Hirst @ Tate Modern From April
From 4 April until 9 September 2012, a large-scale retrospective of the work of artist Damien Hirst will be on display at London’s Tate Modern. The exhibition will feature pieces selected from his entire 20-year output, including iconic installations such as “ The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living 1991″ which, for [...]
March 26, 2012
The Shoal’s Progress
A few months ago I shared some artist’s impressions of ‘The Shoal‘, the art installation that’s being erected opposite Stratford station, ostensibly for the Olympics (I suspect that it’s real purpose is to hide the rather ugly form of the 1970s shopping centre and its car park!). While it was just a forest of big [...]
March 25, 2012
A Numismatist’s Nirvana – The Bank Of England Museum
Go around the side of the imposing Bank of England building on Threadneedle St and you’ll eventually come to an open door – step through it and you’ll find yourself in the Bank of England Museum… The Bank of England museum is dedicated to the history of the institution itself, our currency and also monetary [...]
March 24, 2012
The City of London’s Walbrook Gardens
At the end of an alleyway halfway down London’s Cannon St you’ll find the Walbrook Gardens. These new gardens occupy the site of the previous St Swithun’s Church Garden, which itself was sited within the footprint of the church that preceded it. St Swithin, London Stone was established in the 13th century, rebuilt by Sir [...]
March 23, 2012
The Mystery Of The ‘London Stone’
Almost down at ground level along London’s Cannon St you’ll find the ‘London Stone’. Virtually invisible behind it’s heavy iron grill, this piece of oolitic limestone sometimes known as the ‘Stone of Brutus’ has various tales attached to it – some say that it is all that remains of a neolithic stone circle and some, [...]
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