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Forgotten Images of Tower Bridge as it Might Have Been 14 May 2013 | 02:10 pm
Tower Bridge was designed to reconcile the conflicting interests of road and river traffic at a time when London was the world’s most populous city and also its greatest port. But before the globally ...
London’s Endangered Species Sculptures Saved 6 May 2013 | 03:40 pm
An eight month campaign to save Barry Baldwin’s Endangered Species sculptures at Allington House, near Victoria, London has ended. They were successfully saved on May 3rd 2013. The sculptures are now...
Walking Every Street in Soho 2 Apr 2013 | 01:29 pm
I have been walking around Soho for many years and thought that I must have walked every street, I didn’t realise until very recently just how difficult it would be to know for sure that I had. Crossr...
Endangered Species Sculptures in Victoria to be Saved 1 Mar 2013 | 03:41 pm
Barry Baldwin’s Endangered Species Sculptures at Allington House in Victoria have been spared from imminent destruction. Now they need a new home, can you help? The 12 ton Endangered Species Triptych ...
Advertising Advertising on London Underground 13 Feb 2013 | 02:57 pm
The long and splendid history of advertising on London Underground is about to be celebrated in a new exhibition at London Transport Museum. Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s Greatest Designs open...
The Old Electricity Showrooms Shoreditch 10 Jan 2013 | 06:26 pm
The Electricity Showrooms in Shoreditch is now a bar but it was once part of a far-sighted Borough Council initiative. Eighty years ago it looked very similar, the new bar has even kept most of the or...
Do Something Unusual this Christmas in London 23 Nov 2012 | 04:39 pm
There is still an opportunity to join me and an intrepid group of walkers as we explore a deserted London at dawn on Christmas Day. Our tour starts at 6am. Together we will walk through the eerily des...
Saving the Allington House Sculptures – Legal Support 30 Oct 2012 | 01:56 pm
Since it was launched, a little over a week ago, the campaign to save the Allington House sculptures has attracted tremendous worldwide support. Hundreds of people have expressed their disgust at Land...
A New London Panorama 29 Oct 2012 | 01:55 pm
Ed Gray, arguably the greatest living painter of London and Londoners, is set to unveil his stunning new London panorama at his biggest ever exhibition. The new, 2 metre wide, London panorama is the p...
Endangered Species Under Threat in Victoria 19 Oct 2012 | 02:06 pm
Land Securities are planning to destroy Barry Baldwin’s endangered species sculptures at Allington House near Victoria in central London. The much-loved group of sculptures including an elephant, tige...
