You can practically hear the curatorial committee congratulating themselves: No, darling, not London, too obvious. Brighton—yes, Brighton! Where men once fought with deckchairs and women wore eyeliner thick enough to sand down the West Pier.
The AI subtitle error—well, of course. We’ve reached a point where not even our machines can be bothered to care. Precision and memory are unfashionable now; everyone is too busy doomscrolling to notice that their cultural references are dissolving into mush. A generation that can’t tell the difference between a parka and a Parker pen will not, I suspect, be queuing up to see mannequins in narrow ties.
Without being too much of a pedant, The Tate is housed in the former Bankside Power Station whilst the former Oxo building is a separate entity just down the river. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who was the architect for Bankside was also responsible for Battersea Power Station and the designer for the red telephone box.
Absolutely not being a pedant Paul and thank you for correcting me. It is always - ALWAYS - the one thing I think to fact-check but then don't that I am wrong on. At 6:15am, I was sitting here thinking "I should be sure that the Tate is the old Oxo building and it will only take a moment to check" but had put in so much time ensuring all my Manics/Saville connections were correct, down to the title of "Stare," and anxious to post, so I let it go. And I admit as much as a reminder to myself and others that as writers, if you're unsure of something, that might be because you're... unsure. And thank you for the valuable piece of trivia about Scott. I will be better informed at the next London pub quiz!
Knowledge shared and all that,Tony! And as you say it might be useful for the pub quiz. Your post have given me food for the mind and some possible activities for the forthcoming weekend and beyond. Best for now.
You can practically hear the curatorial committee congratulating themselves: No, darling, not London, too obvious. Brighton—yes, Brighton! Where men once fought with deckchairs and women wore eyeliner thick enough to sand down the West Pier.
The AI subtitle error—well, of course. We’ve reached a point where not even our machines can be bothered to care. Precision and memory are unfashionable now; everyone is too busy doomscrolling to notice that their cultural references are dissolving into mush. A generation that can’t tell the difference between a parka and a Parker pen will not, I suspect, be queuing up to see mannequins in narrow ties.
Without being too much of a pedant, The Tate is housed in the former Bankside Power Station whilst the former Oxo building is a separate entity just down the river. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who was the architect for Bankside was also responsible for Battersea Power Station and the designer for the red telephone box.
Thanks for the writing, Tony.
Absolutely not being a pedant Paul and thank you for correcting me. It is always - ALWAYS - the one thing I think to fact-check but then don't that I am wrong on. At 6:15am, I was sitting here thinking "I should be sure that the Tate is the old Oxo building and it will only take a moment to check" but had put in so much time ensuring all my Manics/Saville connections were correct, down to the title of "Stare," and anxious to post, so I let it go. And I admit as much as a reminder to myself and others that as writers, if you're unsure of something, that might be because you're... unsure. And thank you for the valuable piece of trivia about Scott. I will be better informed at the next London pub quiz!
Knowledge shared and all that,Tony! And as you say it might be useful for the pub quiz. Your post have given me food for the mind and some possible activities for the forthcoming weekend and beyond. Best for now.