Currently the home of the London Symphony Orchestra and the
Royal Shakespeare Company. Also houses a film theatre and a gallery.Click the
link above to find out what is on.
Re-opened and re-housed (1999) collection. Pre-raphaelites
and paintings with a London connection. 250 pictures on show at any time from
the extensive collection.
Rogers' home for a great financial institution attracts huge
interest. "This is not a tower block . . . more like a vertical street .
. . this building is functionally and aesthetically a living a breathing machine."
(London: A Guide to Recent Architecture. Ellipsis: London: 1999)
The Museum of London is the world's largest urban history museum
with 1.1 million objects and Europe's largest archaeological archive. The Museum's
collections are its richest resource. They contain the material remains of London's
vast, complex past and are an inspirational source of knowledge.
Saint Bartholomew the Great, Cloth Fair.
Originally a monastery, founded in 1123 by a courtier of Henry
1 in thanks for surviving malaria on a visit to Rome. "The most impressive
Norman remains in Inner London after the Tower of London" (Simon Jenkins:
England's Thousand Best Churches. Penguin Books: London: 2000)
Somerset House houses the Courtauld Gallery and the Gilbert
Collection, whilst the enclosed plaza has already become one of London's exciting
new reclaimed spaces.
This marks the place where the Fire of London started in 1666
and is the world's tallest free standing stone column (202 ft high). Great views
of the City. Open from 9.00 a.m. Monday to Friday
Peter Szabo is a Master Certified Coach and a Doctor of Law. After 15 years in corporate HR management he has specialized in brief coaching for corporate and private clients.
