They are simple small heads, much more self-consciously 'arty'. St Martin is there, as might be expected, with a rather grand-looking couple in Renaissance dress and a crazy scowling lady with a scarf on her head and a flower between her teeth.The amalgamated with the University of the Arts and moved to King's Cross - the panels now flank the entrance to St Martin's Lofts, the flats above Foyle's bookshop.
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I love my iPad but it does make it easy to press the wrong button. So I accidentally rejected this comment from the Duke of Waltham. Sorry, Your Grace.
"Looking up the school on Wikipedia I remembered this BBC Magazine article on Central Saint Martins; it describes the building as "a complete dump internally, by all accounts". I wonder what will happen to it now, though I cannot claim to care much about a building of which the appearance and history are a complete mystery to me—with the exception of what I've read and seen here, of course.
(I also found that, through a series of mergers, the two former co-tenants of the building now belong to the same institution, the University of the Arts London. Be it in business, government or academia, unpicking the history of conglomerations can hold a curious fascination for me.) "
That's all right, Mr Partridge; no harm done. Only the link is missing from the message: BBC article.
And as it's this day of the year... Merry Christmas.
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