Returning to London from another city, such as Paris, New York or Singapore, you are struck by the Englishness of England and the layers of history. In the centre of the city you have the Victorian and Edwardian buildings. Around Regents Park are grand terraces of houses with columns, like the Nash Terraces. But out in the suburbs the semi-detached houses from the 1930s and landmark buildings and homes are equally delightful.
Driving through Wembley and Kingsbury, you pass two grand buildings, visible from many areas of London, the Wembley Arch, with its see-through centre. Close to it, when you are close up, you will see a modern building with two spiral towers. Unlike the regimented terraces of the 1800s, and the blocks of the 1950s, this is both modern and individual, totally unlike the stepped blocks beside it (to the left of the picture) attention-getting, like so many modern skyscrapers of Singapore.
On another route, if you plan carefully using an old fashioned map, or modern Satnav, you can pass the solid white Hindu Temple, intricately adorned.
Driving through Wembley and Kingsbury, you pass two grand buildings, visible from many areas of London, the Wembley Arch, with its see-through centre. Close to it, when you are close up, you will see a modern building with two spiral towers. Unlike the regimented terraces of the 1800s, and the blocks of the 1950s, this is both modern and individual, totally unlike the stepped blocks beside it (to the left of the picture) attention-getting, like so many modern skyscrapers of Singapore.
On another route, if you plan carefully using an old fashioned map, or modern Satnav, you can pass the solid white Hindu Temple, intricately adorned.
Photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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