Reading Whistler’s Nocturne in Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge as a piece of music
Whistler’s paintings were first compared to music in 1863 when the French critic Paul Manz described his haunting portrait, ...
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London's Millennium Landmarks, 25 Years On
Probably London's most iconic millennium marker — and, we think, the only one which features in the EastEnders credits (as it ...
'My children won't know the rivers I grew up with'
Hundreds of people who claim to have been affected by river pollution are threatening to expand their legal action. Those ...
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Smelly Facts About London's The Great Stink of 1858
Many think of the Victorian era as a time of tight-laced corsets and formal teas. And it was—but it was also the time of the Great Stink, a two-month stretch of 1858 in which London's primary water ...