In early September, I met up with Sally and John, who were in the process of repatriating to England. They bought a house not far from where Sally grew up in Poole, but were spending one week in London as John had final tasks to finish at his company’s headquarters before retiring. They invited me along as they visited some iconic London sites. We started with a visit to the Natural History Museum...
Fern, the Diplodocus, and the surrounding Jurassic Garden were recent additions outside of the museum.
The purpose-built museum opened in 1881, but this full-sized animatronic T-Rex is clearly built more recently...
…along with this feathered Deinonychus, known as
Terrible Claw.
Hope, a juvenile blue whale, hangs from the ceiling in the main hall.
I found the architecture often more interesting than the skeletons.
That afternoon we went to the viewing platform at Horizon 22.
The following day we visited The National Gallery. I had just finished watching the series My Lady Jane, so The Execution of Lady Jane Grey from 1833 caught my eye. She had been Queen of England for only nine days in 1553 before she was replaced by Mary, who later had her beheaded for treason. The alternative history series ended with her escaping (sorry for the spoiler).
And Two Crabs by Vincent van Gogh from 1889 caught my eye with its vibrant colors.
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