Video: London Fireworks 2016 - New Year's Eve Fireworks - BBC One - for those who missed them

London Fireworks 2016 - New Year's Eve Fireworks - BBC One

Published on 31 Dec 2015

Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tv0ct
London 2016 Fireworks on New Year's Day.

Wonderful London 1924 & 2014 - Clever video merges Old and New London

Wonderful London 1924 & 2014

from Simon Smith 7 hours ago NOT YET RATED

Wonderful London 1924 & 2014 from Simon Smith on Vimeo.

Wonderful London in 1924 and 2014

In 1924, Harry B. Parkingson and Frank Miller documented London in a fantastic series of short films, known as "Wonderful London". Over the last few months, I have stood in their foot-steps, recapturing their shots exactly, and have blended the two together creating a window through time.

The music used is Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler
The recording is credited to Steve Jones
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
The composition is now in the public domain, and more information can be found on this great website …imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4_(Mahler,_Gustav)

Wonderful London is available on DVD from the BFI here … bfi.org.uk/blu-rays-dvds/wonderful-london

Making this short follows my previous film “London in 1927 and 2013” tracing the footsteps of Claude Friese-Greene. It can be found here … vimeo.com/81368735

web: mrsimonsmith.com

12 new skyscrapers coming to London (and nicknames for them)

12 new skyscrapers coming to London (and our proposed nicknames for them)

Posted at 5:30 pm, April 10, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, Fun London

If you’ve been along to new architecture exhibition ‘London’s Growing Up!’, you’ll know that the city’s skyline is in the midst of a thoroughly modern makeover. From Barking to Battersea, towers of glass and steel are quite literally on the rise, springing up out of the dirt in a variety of envelope-pushing shapes and sizes.

This is no bad thing, of course – as well as offering plenty of new places to live, work and take moody Instagram snaps of, twenty-first-century urban development also presents the opportunity for a round of (admittedly incredibly childish) nickname giving. We’re not entirely convinced that our list of suggestions will stick, but if they do, by 2017 you could be commuting from your home at the Graphic Equaliser to your office in the Twat Iron. Imagine that.

Got some funnier nicknames? Leave us a comment or drop us a tweet.

What we’re calling it: ’The Loofah’
What they’re calling it: One Wood Wharf
Purpose: Residential
ETA: 2018

What we’re calling it: ’The Graphic Equaliser’
What they’re calling it: Merano
Purpose: Mixed-use
ETA: 2017

What we’re calling it: ’God’s Bongo’What they’re calling it: One Merchant SquarePurpose: Mixed-useETA: 2018

What we’re calling it: ’The Twat Iron’
What they’re calling it: Eagle House
Purpose: Residential
ETA: 2015

What we’re calling it: ’The USB Sticks’
What they’re calling it: One Nine Elms
Purpose: Mixed-use
ETA: 2018

What we’re calling it: ’The Donkey Kong’
What they’re calling it: Keybridge House
Purpose: Mixed-use
ETA: Planning pending

What we’re calling it: ’The Slightly Dodgy Reception’
What they’re calling it: St Georges House
Purpose: Residential
ETA: 2014

What we’re calling it: ’The Giant’s Causeway’
What they’re calling it: Karma House (seriously)
Purpose: Residential
ETA: 2015

What we’re calling it: ’The Wonky Coffin’
What they’re calling it: One Blackfriars
Purpose: Mixed-use
ETA: 2017

What we’re calling it: ’The New-Age Stovepipe’
What they’re calling it: 100 Bishopsgate
Purpose: Mixed-use
ETA: On hold

What we’re calling it: ’The Last of the Cheese’
What they’re calling it: 240 Blackfriars
Purpose: Commercial
ETA: 2014

What we’re calling it: ’The Ankle Rash’
What they’re calling it: The Stage Shoreditch
Purpose: Mixed-use
ETA: 2015

Find out more about London’s architectural future at London’s Growing Up! at New London Architecture