It’s along one of the most filmed waterfronts in the world – the MI6 building on the Albert Embankment has a strident Thameside presence and is perhaps most recognisable from its several cameos in recent James Bond films. Officially, 85 Albert Embankment at Vauxhall Cross is named the ‘SIS Building’ for Secret Intelligence Service and […]
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New artworks unveiled by Battersea Power Station and CASS Sculpture Foundation
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It’s not one of London’s eight ‘Royal Parks’ but it’s just as majestic – Battersea Park first opened in 1858 and covers 200 acres. Before it was a park, the area was known as Battersea fields, a popular spot for duelling. It hosted a famous duel between the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of […]
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Handling close to 100 million passengers a year, Waterloo Station is Europe’s busiest station complex. But while the station itself dates back to 1848, it wasn’t always the terminus in mind. In 1838, the London and Southampton Railway company was established to provide a critical link between the capital and Southampton’s docks. These railways, used […]
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The art of the album cover is undergoing a renaissance after the prominence of vinyl sleeves had waned and the emergence of digital music put the genre in jeopardy. However, vinyl records have clung on despite the clatter and music platforms like Spotify have used album covers in their user interface quite prominently. So album […]
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The world’s number one art and design postgraduate university, the Royal College of Art, has a hidden gem in Nine Elms: StudioRCA. It’s a gallery, it’s an exhibition space, it’s a performance stage, it’s an alumni platform, it’s a streetview vitrine, it’s a test-bed for emerging artists. This magnetic, bijou space is a cultural hotspot […]
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