London Has Fallen is the 2016 American film and a sequel to Olympus Has Fallen. In this sequel, a British Prime Minister mysteriously dies and his funeral is a must attend for many world leaders, including U.S. President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart). T
Bermondsey Wall is a 1932 film which has some wonderful views of the working river and backstreets of Bermondsey, and focuses on the work of the Time and Talents Association, who by the time of the film were based in Dockhead House, Abbey Street. Time and Talents was started in 1887 to ...
The mural of St George formed part of a memorial to the Royal Artillery’s Victoria Cross recipients located in the church and paid for through public subscription in 1915. The interior also featured five tall stained glass windows which served as memorials to fallen officers. Plaques on the pe...
They apparently include Barnaby Rudge with his raven ‘Grip’ (from the book of the same name), Little Nell and Granddad (The Old Curiosity Shop), Dombey and his daughter Florence (Dombey and Son), Sairey Gamp (Martin Chuzzlewit), David Copperfield and Wikins Micawber (David Copperfield). ...
And so the day has finally arrived. Following its usual bonging at midday today, the famous bell nick-namedBig Benhas now controversially fallen silent as what have been described as “critical” conservation works are carried out. How long the 13.7 tonne bell, which sits at the top of Eli...
By 1750 it has fallen into a poor state of repair, and an Act of Parliament was approved to demolish and rebuild the church. Funds for the new church were gathered by a tax on local land and property owners. The tower in the above print looks reasonably substantial and this appears to...
self-assembly WikiHouse. While fragments of layered board have been discovered in ancient Egyptian tombs, plywood really came into its own during the 19th century and has since been used to construct everything from an experimental elevated railway in mid-19th century New York to tea chests, hat...
Situated northeast of Detroit on Lake St. Clair's Gaukler Point is the enchanting abode commissioned by Henry Ford's son Edsel, best known for lending his name to one ofhistory's most notorious flops.Having fallen in love with the picturesque cottages of the rural Cotswolds in England, Edsel...
He is not worrying about the future, and the past has fallen away behind him, and yet he takes the opportunity to be happy when it presents itself. I left him munching on a bar of Dairy Milk and breaking off a chunk to share with his new friend, no mean feat considering he ...
Today, however, was mild, and it’s fair to say that amphibian season has well and truly kicked off. Have a look at the little film below. Every year this feels like a little miracle to me. Frogs arrived within a week of our putting in the pond, goodness only knows where they’d ...