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We went to London yesterday to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition at The O2. It was my first visit to the Millennium Tent and it didn’t seem as big on the outside as I’d imagined. I did think it rather tardis-like though. The exhibition was good, even if some of the pieces they’re marketing it with aren’t in London. If you want quantity then the British Museum is better (and cheaper to at free vs £10-£20) but at least with this exhibition every piece is quality. There are no walls of ancient pot fragments at The O2… I shall be back in ten days time with school, and I don’t mind at all.

Ancient Egyptian historians might consider this sacrilege, but the thing that impressed me as much as anything whilst at The O2 was The Peninsula Spire. I’d link to some info on it if such a page existed, but surprisingly it doesn’t. Much Googling tells me it was “designed by London-based architects Barr Gazetas and structural engineers Whitbybird, and made in Switzerland.” and that at 45m high the stainless steel spire is taller than The Royal Albert Hall. There seems to only be some promotional and technical information available on the internet which is a shame for something so stunning. I particularly liked the way the 166 degree twist made the bright sunlight catch it in the two different places as the angle lined up the sun with my eyes. There’s a moody picture of it here that I quite like, and below is the one I took.

Why can’t there be more beautiful things like this in modern architecture?