Great stuff, I didn't think I would be interested in this series, but I am! I love where I live and all its attendant and mostly bogus cliches-- Los Angeles, Dreamland, a vast strange sprawl. I (sometimes) love driving on the freeway, anonymous, sun-baked and dissolute. But it must be a strange and wonderful sensation to walk the same streets that Blake and Dickens and Shakespeare walked and realizing they experienced the same sunny afternoons and bustling crowds.
Thanks Henry. I was a bit worried it would mess up my page's coherence, but trying to spread it all out enough. I have not been to LA since I was a kid and would so love to go again!
Loved this appreciation of my favourite building in London. I love the way the Victorians wrapped railway lines round the church, and how it stands by seething Borough Market and not in some sedate cathedral close. Bankside used to be very disreputable, and it still feels pleasantly louche. Ever since the 1950s, the cathedral has been a beacon of liberal South Bank Religion.
I'm so glad that you were impressed by Southwark. In the 1980s I worked about 5 mins walk away and I feel quite proprietorial about it. After all it cannot be held responsible for its johnny-come-lately neighbours. Do they still hold the lunchtime concerts which were such a soothing feature?
At that time Southwark was a very much run down borough. The cathedral, the Globe and the George stood out like jewels.Bankside was still just an abandoned power station but an impressive building nonetheless.
If you fancy doing another round of cathedrals after you finished this project then you could do worse than to come here to Prague where there are some very impressive and unusual ones. We also have bloody good beer too!
And that man Shakespeare really had a word for everything didn't he?
I went to Prague after school with my friends and loved it. I climbed some large staircase that showed you a view across the river and thought it was one of the best sights I'd ever had, so fantastical. Not sure where exactly it was but I loved it. Will certainly let you know if ever I am there again :)
That sounds as if it is the staircase up to Letna Park. On top there is now a giant metronome but that whole complex was built originally to showcase a huge group statue of Stalin with workers, peasants and soldiers by the communist party shortly after they came to power. It was a massive project and took a few years to complete. After Stalin died and fell out of favour they had to get rid of the statue. The problem was that it was enormous and made of concrete and they had to literally blow it up to get rid of it.
I live about ten minutes walk from there across the park so quite a small world. The view is still good.
Thank you Andrew, we are well on our way thanks to this mighty contribution. And with those suggestions I think it might be that the left window is all comedies and the right all tragedies. Should help further efforts.
Great stuff, I didn't think I would be interested in this series, but I am! I love where I live and all its attendant and mostly bogus cliches-- Los Angeles, Dreamland, a vast strange sprawl. I (sometimes) love driving on the freeway, anonymous, sun-baked and dissolute. But it must be a strange and wonderful sensation to walk the same streets that Blake and Dickens and Shakespeare walked and realizing they experienced the same sunny afternoons and bustling crowds.
Thanks Henry. I was a bit worried it would mess up my page's coherence, but trying to spread it all out enough. I have not been to LA since I was a kid and would so love to go again!
Loved this appreciation of my favourite building in London. I love the way the Victorians wrapped railway lines round the church, and how it stands by seething Borough Market and not in some sedate cathedral close. Bankside used to be very disreputable, and it still feels pleasantly louche. Ever since the 1950s, the cathedral has been a beacon of liberal South Bank Religion.
True John, 'pleasantly louche' right on the money. I like the low rhythms round there. Defo a charm to the bustle, much as I love a grand close too
I'm so glad that you were impressed by Southwark. In the 1980s I worked about 5 mins walk away and I feel quite proprietorial about it. After all it cannot be held responsible for its johnny-come-lately neighbours. Do they still hold the lunchtime concerts which were such a soothing feature?
At that time Southwark was a very much run down borough. The cathedral, the Globe and the George stood out like jewels.Bankside was still just an abandoned power station but an impressive building nonetheless.
If you fancy doing another round of cathedrals after you finished this project then you could do worse than to come here to Prague where there are some very impressive and unusual ones. We also have bloody good beer too!
And that man Shakespeare really had a word for everything didn't he?
I went to Prague after school with my friends and loved it. I climbed some large staircase that showed you a view across the river and thought it was one of the best sights I'd ever had, so fantastical. Not sure where exactly it was but I loved it. Will certainly let you know if ever I am there again :)
That sounds as if it is the staircase up to Letna Park. On top there is now a giant metronome but that whole complex was built originally to showcase a huge group statue of Stalin with workers, peasants and soldiers by the communist party shortly after they came to power. It was a massive project and took a few years to complete. After Stalin died and fell out of favour they had to get rid of the statue. The problem was that it was enormous and made of concrete and they had to literally blow it up to get rid of it.
I live about ten minutes walk from there across the park so quite a small world. The view is still good.
My first crack at this is:
Top left from top:
Bottom the Weaver & Sprite
?
Falstaff
?
Malvolio?
??
Centre from top:
Prospero & caliban
3 x ?
Top right from Top:
Romeo & Juliet
Richard III / Henry V
Othello?
Lear
Lady Macbeth
Hamlet
Will try to fill in the others on Tuesday
Best
Andrew
Thank you Andrew, we are well on our way thanks to this mighty contribution. And with those suggestions I think it might be that the left window is all comedies and the right all tragedies. Should help further efforts.
V best
George