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One of the most interesting houses in London.

The medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Christopher Wren, renovated by George Gilbert Scott, bombed in the Blitz, demolished after the war except for this tower… which is now private housing stranded on a traffic island between banks.

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Hanging with my besties at the Barbican conservatory.

Which used to feel like a secret clubhouse, but is now festooned with tourists. Weird. Good, but strange– someone finally figured out how to market it, I suppose.

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Tanikawa Villa, 1974 by Kazuo Shinohara. From Barbican show The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945.

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So. Excited!

Adventures in Moominland

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Festival of Britain diorama

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Details from Patchwork of the Century, made by Twickenham women’s groups for the Festival of Britain.

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I braved the horrors of Bond Street to show you this old pamphlet.

Too bad they make stupid stuff now.

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View from Golden Gallery, St. Paul’s Cathedral after bombing (Cross and Tibbs).

From Perspectives of Destruction: Images of London 1940-44, Museum of London.

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