Sunday 9 February 2014

Nation builders

Three things that have excited me this week:


1)  RIBA exhibition on Modern British architecture (1950 - the present day).  Super!  Also: free! Amazingly, there is a talk by Sir Richard of Rogers, Sir Norman of Foster, Terry I-did-a-Charing-Cross Farrell, Nicholas BorisBus Grimshaw, and Mrs and Mr Hopkins (who done the millennial Forum in Norwich). Unamazingly, it's sold out :(

2)  The exhibition's twin, a BBC4 series of programmes called The Brits Who Built the Modern World.  The website goes to great lengths not to tell you when most of the programmes are on. Good stuff.  Wouldn't want people watching them, eh?


3)  This little gem on iPlayer, and, happily YouTube.


All together now: 'Neasden / It's like a hankie that you've sneezed-en'.

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