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Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling

History / 3 minutes of reading / December 22, 2022 / By HDclump

Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling – The extraordinary story of the six-year renovation of the iconic clock tower. Anna Keay, Director of The Landmark Trust, meets the dedicated team of architects, engineers, historians, scientists and master craftspeople who are tasked with stripping the tower down to its frame, then repairing or replacing every exquisite detail of this neo-Gothic masterpiece. As Big Ben rings out once more, cameras provide a close-up view of all the vibrant new details. An £80m makeover of Big Ben is nearly complete, restoring the world’s most famous clock face to its original […]

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The Victorians – Their Story In Pictures

Art, History / 3 minutes of reading / December 26, 2019 / By HDclump

In The Victorians, Jeremy Paxman takes his love of Victorian paintings as the starting point for a journey into Victorian Britain. Such pictures may not be fashionable today, but they are a goldmine of information about the most dynamic age in British history. The Victorians Part 1: Painting The Town He investigates the most dramatic event of Victorian Britain: the explosion of great cities. At first the Victorians feared these new monsters in their midst, but then grew to love and transform them. Jeremy explores the canals and sewers, suburbs and back streets, workhouses and magnificent buildings of the

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