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- The British Library explores the dark arts of Propaganda
- A look around an empty office block in Victoria
- Steam trains to run along part of the Central Line in June
- How to get tickets to the 2013 Last Night of the Proms
- A few Crossrail construction site photos
- Public Tours of HMS Illustrious Next Weekend
- Tom Daley’s swimming trunks become a Museum artefact
- Cyclists wanted to test “Dutch Roundabouts”
- Thoughts about the Acid on the Jubilee Line
- 20 years ago – Queen announces public tours of Buckingham Palace
the shard Archive
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Photos from the top of The Shard skyscraper
Posted on January 11, 2013 | 24 CommentsIn a few weeks time, London's latest tourist attraction opens as the viewing floors at the top of The Shard skyscraper start welcoming their first paying customers. -
Photos from the top of One New Change
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsFamously, the French writer, Guy de Maupassant so loathed the Eiffel Tower that on visits to Paris, he would always eat lunch in its restaurant, as it was the only... -
Boris on top of The Shard
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 5 CommentsYes, it’s a blatant PR stunt, but Mayor Boris went not just to the top of The Shard today, but actually a little bit higher than even that – as... -
The Shard Arises – Aug/Sept 2010
Posted on September 13, 2010 | 1 CommentLatest in the roughly monthly series of photos of The Shard as seen from my flat. At the end of July the rise of the flooring structure around the base... -
The Shard Arises – July 2010
Posted on August 5, 2010 | 1 CommentLatest in the monthly series of photos of The Shard as seen from my flat. At the end of June the concrete core had just surpassed Guys Hospital, but at... -
The Shard Arises – June 2010
Posted on June 25, 2010 | 3 CommentsLatest in the monthly series of photos of The Shard as seen from my flat. After a couple of months of idleness, the building has really started to rocket upwards... -
The Shard Arises – April & May 2010
Posted on May 21, 2010 | 1 CommentAfter a bit of a hiatus, a resumption of my (supposedly) monthly updates about The Shard tower being built by London Bridge. After doing almost nothing during April, the Shard... -
The Shard Arises!
Posted on March 5, 2010 | 2 CommentsA few months ago I decided to start taking regular photos of the skyline to document the construction of The Shard from my home. Umm, a bit of laziness in... -
Watching The Shard go up
Posted on October 2, 2009 | 2 CommentsLooking up from the desk where I spend rather too much time typing on a computer keyboard, I can see the embryonic stages of a new skyscraper starting to rise... -
The Shard at London Bridge
Posted on April 27, 2009 | 1 CommentThe Shard, a super-tall skyscraper which will start rising up over London will be very visible from my flat when finished – to the point of being the dominant item...