Since it finally shut up shop in 1983, Battersea Power Station has been reimagined by excitable developers as a theme park, circus, and luxury housing complex, whilst moonlighting as a cover star on iconic albums, surviving a hostile takeover by Cybermen, and finding time to host assorted gigs and contemporary art shows. The latest plan has just been unveiled, and it feels a little like history repeating itself: the site may be pressed back......

Waterfront London, which opened today, looks at waterside development in London; recently completed, underway or in the pipeline. It considers how our waterfronts are transforming and being embraced as essential public spaces whereas, not long ago, we buried rivers, turned them into sewers or filled in and built on them. The enlightened approach, celebrated here, is to embrace the waterways and exploit their potential as transport routes, leisure facilities and biodiverse environments. The key......