2011-05-17
post/5578563896
quote 17:29:47
“ Tower Hamlets has no nucleus, no shared experience… hell we don’t even have a proper Marks and Spencer. ”
diamond geezer, poking a justifiable hole in ambitions of the (newish) Mayor of Tower Hamlets for his borough to become a city.
2010-03-18
post/456316256
quote 09:05:27
“ Services to Brussels and Paris now speed through this none-too-photogenic industrial corridor, twelve minutes out from St Pancras (probably best not to look out of the window). ”
diamond geezer, in a report on Dagenham Dock.
Call me odd, but when I was last on that part of track, on a sunny but cold day, the stark lines of the pylons, overhead cables, flyovers and wind turbines struck me as deeply pretty.
(See also: this great photo from yesterday’s post.)
