Are there still soapbox orators at Hyde Park corner? What day?
Tom
On Tuesday, July 16, 2002 at 9:21, Daniel J. Mitchell
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wrote re "RE: [OM] re: potential London trip " saying:
> > By the way you can get most of St Pauls in a
> > 35mm now, they've knocked a couple of buildings down.
>
> Okay, I stand corrected -- it was a couple of years ago I was there, and I
> seem to remember building sites floating around the area. I still stand by
> the principle that you won't regret having a wide-angle lens no matter what
> you do, though -- in cities, you can normally get nearer to things, but you
> can't always get further away.
>
> Oh, another place for people/'street' shooting would be Covent Garden, of
> course.
>
> Museums -- you really should go to the British Museum, the new covered
> court is spectacular, and the antiquities there are worth the time. The V&A
> is also good, though there's far too much of it to even try and see. The
> Tate Modern is another must, now that I think about it -- the entrance hall
> there is amazing, and if you like modern art it's obviously worth seeing.
> Even if you don't actually go into the galleries, it's worth the trip just
> for the entrance, I reckon.
>
> -- dan
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