Royal Festival Hall

I also got a brilliant shot of the original Scotland Yard from the 5th floor terrace of Royal Festival Hall, which is a great public building in and of itself:

Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants 2009

Sat to our right is a smartly dressed, well-to-do 50-something couple who look as though they might be more at home at the kind of Royal Festival Hall performance when the Queen would be occupying the regal box.

The Line Of Best Fit 2009

Foyles at Royal Festival Hall leans towards the arts, with strong fiction and poetry selections, plus gifts, films and magazines; Foyles St Pancras offers a curated selection for travellers and the King's Cross community; the shop at One New Change in the City stocks bestselling titles alongside business, travel, children's and politics; and there's a real family focus to the Westfield branch.

Independent bookshops in London 2011

The first benchmark in his career however was a commission to create furniture for the Royal Festival Hall; the results included his famed armchairs with moulded plywood wings for arms and spindly legs that emphasise lightness and space.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

We're not down to eating boiled shoe just yet, but it should resonate with our belt-tightened era – especially when it's presented in the nice, warm Royal Festival Hall, backed by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

This week's new film events 2011

Mark Elder conducted a concert performance of Donizetti's opera seria set in the court of Louis XIII at London's Royal Festival Hall two years ago.

Donizetti: Maria di Rohan – review 2011

The Royal Festival Hall was the only construction left standing after a newly elected Conservative government sent in the demolishers in the autumn of 1951, to rub out one of Labour's most popular achievements and leave it as waste ground for the next 10 years.

My memories of the Festival of Britain? 'Oh, not another queue' | Ian Jack 2011

And last night, Patti Smith ended 30 years of anticipation when she finally performed her seminal album Horses for the first time at London's Royal Festival Hall.

The Saturday interview: Patti Smith 2011

The Royal Festival Hall was the only construction left standing after a newly elected Conservative government sent in the demolishers in the autumn of 1951, to rub out one of Labour's most popular achievements and leave it as waste ground for the next 10 years.

My memories of the Festival of Britain? 'Oh, not another queue' | Ian Jack 2011

The obligatory romance and nostalgia arrive with a creative workshop at the Royal Festival Hall, and a contemporary Royal Family exhibition in the Hayward Gallery.

This week's new events 2011