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Giant Jelly Baby

Those with a sweet tooth may be somewhat disappointed to learn that this jelly baby is not edible. It is, instead, a polyurethane exhibit at the Wellcome Collection on the […]

John Rylands Library

“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.” Michel de Montaigne The John Rylands Library in Manchester is housed in a beautifully striking late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on […]

Urban Design in London

Urban design is the process of designing and shaping cities, towns and villages.  It is an inter-disciplinary subject that unites all the built environment professions, including urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture, and civil and municipal engineering. In […]

Happy 40th Birthday, British Library

The British Library celebrated its 40th birthday today. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom.  It is a legal deposit library, and as such it receives copies of every book produced in Britain, […]