Khartoum’s burning tower: architects on the destruction of a city – and what it’ll take to rebuild: There has been a continued escalation in fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The destruction of the capital Khartoum continues – physically, economically, socially and culturally – as buildings are bombarded and homes looted. …
Curious Kids: how does a tower crane go up and down?: How does a crane go up and down? – Spencer, aged four, UK When you see the metal arms of a crane – known properly as a tower crane – against the skyline, you know a new building is going up in your city …
Tower of London’s Crown Jewels: colonial diamonds overshadow reopened exhibition’s most interesting objects: The Tower of London’s Crown Jewel exhibition, which reopened in May, is a turning point in the museum’s narrative. As British institutions have increasingly made moves to investigate their connections to slavery, there has been a gradual acceptance of the complicated nature …
The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster: The Grenfell inquiry showed that every death incurred during the fire was avoidable. JessicaGirvan | Shutterstock A senior coroner in Rochdale, a large town in England’s northwest, has ruled that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died as a direct result of prolonged exposure …
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Check out this South African City image: Pietermaritzburg City Hall Clock tower at night Image by Kleinz1 The Pietermaritzburg City Hall clock tower in a night shot. Pietermaritzburg is 80 kilometres (less that 1 hour by freeway) from Durban – one of the host cities of the FIFA Soccer World cup. Image automatically curated and …
A nice Cape Town image: The Swing Bridge and Clock Tower, Cape Town Harbour Image by kitmasterbloke The Swing Bridge and Clock Tower, Cape Town Harbour Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Sailing in Africa ?
Grenfell Tower anniversary: how a quilt in the making is a symbol of the community’s love and quest for justice: Quilts are a repository of memory, personal and collective. The Conversation Tuesday Greenidge is a multimedia artist based in North Kensington, London. When Grenfell tower caught alight on the night of June 14, 2017, her …
Grenfell Tower: finally, the worst type of cladding is to be banned, five years on: Residents have long bemoaned measures taken to make buildings look better, but not safer. Ajit Wick | Shutterstock Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK …
Grenfell Tower: the difficult task of creating a fitting memorial to the tragedy: In the days and weeks after the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, in which 72 people lost their lives in a fire that consumed the 24-storey residential block in North Kensington, London, dozens of memorials appeared in the vicinity of the building. People …
A nice Camps Bay Beach image: Clock tower at Broadstairs Kent England Image by Acabashi Photograph from an album for Broadstairs Folk Week, Kent, held each year in August, including images of bands and band photoshoots, morris dancers, folk singers including A cappella sessions, audiences, interior and exterior pub gigs, pub patio and street performances, …
Check out this South African City image: Tower 42, City of London Image by Gene Hunt Tower 42 was originally named the National Westminster Tower. Constructed in 1971 and completed by 1980. Standing 600ft hight, it was the tallest skyscraper in the whole of the UK and in London alone until 1990 with the completion …
A nice Paternoster image: Tower of St Paul’s Cathedral Image by Rose Robinson Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?
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A cool South African City image: Victoria Basin Clock Tower, Cape Town, South Africa Image by mattk1979 Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Farking?
A cool South African City image: Soccer City Stadium Coca-Cola Cooling tower Image by Shine 2010 – 2010 World Cup good news Shine 2010 visits Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, for a tour of its progress ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. For more news and information on the 2010 World Cup visit …
Richard III’s reign was dogged by more rumours than just the Princes in the Tower: Portrait of Richard III. National Portrait Gallery, CC BY-NC The fate of the 12-year-old Edward V and his younger brother Richard, “the Princes in the Tower” (a misnomer as one of the “princes”, Edward, was actually king), has been the …
A cool South African City image: Sandton City tower block Image by Kleinz1 The tower block of the Sandton City complex peers over the surrounding buildings. Found in Sandton, South Africa, Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Farking?