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Monday, 27 August 2012
Cavendish Square W1
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This equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland is not all it seems. It is made of soap, and will in the course of the next year graduall...
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Tuesday, 14 August 2012
15 Trinity Square, London EC3
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This noble bird lords it over the former headquarters of the General Steam Navigation Company, built in 1908 by Edward Blakeway I'Anso...
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Pemberton House, Pemberton Row EC4
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This muscular, indeed almost muscle-bound figure is a printer. I met a few printers in the dying days of Fleet Street and frankly none we...
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Friday, 27 July 2012
Guildhall, Basinghall Street EC2
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The bit of the Guildhall that faces onto Basinghall Street was built in 1870 as the library by Sir Horace Jones, architect of Tower Bridge...
Friday, 20 July 2012
BUPA House, Bury Street W1
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This enormous sculpture by Peter Randall-Page stands outside the headquarters of the private healthcare giant BUPA in Bloomsbury. The medi...
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Goldbeater's House, Manette Street W1
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In Victorian times, the lane that runs down the side of Foyle's bookshop was occupied by sundry industries including an organ builder...
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Tower Hill Terrace EC3
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Tower Hill Terrace is a rather bleak space on top of a huddle of shops selling fast food and tourist tat, but its western side is graced ...
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