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Time Encapsulation

Perhaps it was the burial of the Blue Peter time capsule in 1971 that first fascinated me about this rather quirky way of linking the past with the present. The popular children’s TV program presenters buried various viewers items along with a Blue Peter Annual in the grounds of Broadcasting House. The subsequent loss of… Continue reading Time Encapsulation

Clarissa & Jenifer

The Ministry of Defense building can justly be described as imposing, but not to everyone’s tastes, becoming known as the ‘Whitehall Monster‘ It was described by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as a ‘monument of tiredness‘. The building was constructed between 1939 and 1959 on part of the former site of the Palace of Whitehall. It… Continue reading Clarissa & Jenifer