Museums & Art Galleries in London in general

The South bank is a complex of quite outstanding ugliness, found as the name suggests on the south bank of the River Thames. With it’s harsh concrete brutalism, the building is frequently derided by conservatives as the embodiment of all that is wrong with modern architecture. Although it’s not all that modern now, being an extension of the 1951 Festival of Britain and long-term home of London’s biggest arts complex: housing the Royal National Theatre, National Film Theatre, Royal Festival Hall and the Hayward Gallery and my favourite place, the Museum of the Moving Image. While commentators frequently debate the wisdom of having the country’s ...  Read the complete review