I took this photo with my iPhone through the window from an office on Millbank, near the Tate Britain. I like the layers: the tree, the river, Lambeth Bridge and Palace and then the towers of the City and, of course, the Shard, just over the water…
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Nice one, John. I particularly like the contrast between Lambeth Palace – the oldest bit of which dates from 1435, says Wiki – and the increasingly whacky 21st century skyline beyond.
In that regard, I hear they’ve found a solution to the problem of the concentrated heat rays reflecting from the Walkie Talkie building, which led to that partially-melted Jaguar last summer. That side of the building is still shrouded, as you can just about make out.