Secret London

In the South-East corner of Trafalgar Square, perhaps Britain's largest tourist traps, lies on of London's best kept secrets, an unusual attraction which goes unnoticed by most visitors. It is the world's smallest police station, embedded in a granite street light, featuring only one room. It was built in the 1930s in order that the police might keep a constant look-out on the protests that frequently occurred on this well-known public piece of ground.

Nearby to London's smallest police station is one of London's smallest police station is one of London's smallest museums: the Twinings Museum on the Strand. The museum charts the 'thrilling, tea soaked history of the Twinings family', as well as some examples of tea caddies (canisters used to store tea), and more unusual items on the world of tea, including a tea bag used by P.G Wodehouse and a set of spoons used by A.A Milne during his 'tea period'. Nearby is the house inhabited by Benjamin Franklin, the famous diplomat and political scientist. Who knew he lived in London? The house is now marked by a blue plaque and is open as a museum.

If you are as interested in secret London as I am, feel free to email me and I shall give you some more examples.

My Reaction to Matt Egdar's Blog

One of the most successful analogies Edgar uses is the one considering perspective. He explains that: 'We humans see change as if looking through a window at a...night sky. Clouds rush by while the Moon appears a fixed point. In fact the Moon is hurtling by at 2288 miles per hour. The clouds..draw our attention. We try to make sense of them, and see patterns in their random shapes.'We look at the past in the same manner. Changes that a long time ago were highly groundbreaking and revolutionary, now seem still, peaceful and uncontroversial. However, the things that are changing currently seem fast and exciting, easily grabbing out attention. In this piece of analysis, Edgar successfully and robustly describes the attitude of humans towards change, a topic which one could write endless volumes on, in just a few sentences. 

Photography

New Photography gallery at the V and A. Anyone been yet?

Rainforests and what is happening to them

Article by Johann Hari of The Independent about what is happening to the world's rainforests. I recommend reading it very strongly. http://bit.ly/rzSl5h

Economic Shock Therapy

This is a really interesting video, where journalist and activist Naomi Klein explains the thesis of her book 'The Shock Doctrine', one of the mandatory must reads of the past decade http://bit.ly/123Z69

Hello, Everyone

1. Hello, everyone. Its me, Michael. I have lots of views on many issues which I will no doubt be sharing with you later on, as I continue to post!