Posted In Pictures: The Secret Bits Of Tower Bridge to Londonist
You don't have to be Robert Downey Jr to get a view of London from the heights of Tower Bridge. The walkways along the top are open every day for paying tourists and private functions. The bits with the best views are normally off-limits, however. Last week the City of London Corporation invited us to take a look around the upper levels, as well as offering a snoop in the machinery room. Click through the...
Posted Londonist Stays In: 8-14 February to Londonist
The most Londony shows on TV and radio this week. Well, it all seems to be on tonight this week. Monday A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4, 19.45-20.00) The Flood Tablet, from the British Museum. Inside Out (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) More tales of joy and woe in a kind of local newspaper version of That's Life. How Do They Do It? (Five, 19.30-20.00) Robert Llewellyn learns how the Thames is kept...
Posted Preview: The Queen Mary Olympics Lectures 2010 to Londonist
Queen Mary, University of London plays host to a quartet (dammit, one more and we could have called it a pentathlon) of Olympics themed lectures, starting tomorrow night: 9 February: 'Back to the Future; Flying Down to Rio via London and Ancient Olympia', Professor Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge. (A history of the games and comparison of ancient and modern games.) 23 February: 'The Politics of the London Olympic Games: 1908, 1948, 2012', Dr...
Posted St Pancras...The LEGO Version to Londonist
It contains over 60,000 bricks and four working clocks. It took eight weeks to build. This LEGO version of St Pancras was created by Warren Elsmore, Chairman of the Brickish Association (a society for adult enthusiasts of the plastic blocks). "I chose St Pancras Station after the Brickish Association completed a PR project for LEGO, whereby we re-created a number of UK landmarks for local schools," he says. "That project included 30 St Marys' Axe...
Posted Talk Preview: Advertising And Neuroscience @ The Book Club to Londonist
Cocktails, cognitive science, DJs and clever marketing techniques. It's an unusual Venn diagram, but if your interests stray into any or all of these areas you might want to head down to The Book Club in Shoreditch on Feb 10 for an evening called Advertising at the Frontiers of Consciousness. The panel comprises a neuroscientist, a science fiction writer and a couple of marketing professionals who will discuss the science behind commercials, and how...
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