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20 hours ago4 min read
Brit wit
If, like me, you remember from your younger years the mesmerising Newton’s Cradle; a foot-long plastic matchstick concealing a lighter;...
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chrismrogers2
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Location, location, location
As my interest in and knowledge of film and architecture have grown, I’ve become more and more absorbed by how backlot sets and actual...
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Chris Rogers
Dec 7, 20246 min read
Two households, both alike in dignity
If you know where and how to look in London today, there isn’t much that separates the present from the past. Stand in Piccadilly, just...
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Chris Rogers
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Une étoile is born
Thirty years ago today, a shiny new British Rail Class 373 electric train left Waterloo station in London. Thirty years ago today, a...
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Chris Rogers
Nov 11, 20246 min read
The Justus league
Who created this unsigned painting of the Communion of the Apostles, which dates from the late 15th century and was made for the ducal...
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Chris Rogers
Oct 11, 20246 min read
(Re)facing the future
The words ‘face’ and ‘façade’ are connected etymologically but also practically. Just as the former tells us something about a person’s...
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Chris Rogers
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Lowering the Standard
A copy of the last-ever Evening Standard on a pub table in Holborn a few hours ago. Next week a new, Thursday-only publication will...
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