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To infinity and beyond
This week’s British mission to orbit domestically-built satellites from home soil, using a modified Boeing 747 to carry aloft a rocket...

Chris Rogers
Jan 15, 20233 min read


What lies beneath
“There are many 5-star hotels in London but nowhere quite like Claridge’s,” claims its website. This is somewhat ironic, as we shall see,...

Chris Rogers
Jan 2, 20233 min read


Gallery, going
Richard Jolley’s cartoon, originally done for Private Eye, is fun but accurate: Britain’s national galleries of landscapes and portraits...

Chris Rogers
Nov 30, 20228 min read


Screen saver 2: Lights, camera, action!
The BFI IMAX screen reopens to the public today following a few weeks of closure for re-equipping and refurbishment, this in turn coming...

Chris Rogers
Nov 11, 20227 min read


PROJECT TRACKER: City of London Law Courts
What's behind the red curtains? Find out by reading the latest entry in my unique project tracker for the new City of London Law Courts...

Chris Rogers
Oct 26, 20221 min read


Welcome home
Leighton House, built by Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton, reopens tomorrow. You'll recall that in the summer I experienced the...

Chris Rogers
Oct 14, 20224 min read


Beyond Bond
Today is Global Bond Day , marking the release of Dr. No sixty years ago and the film series that went on to embed itself in the culture...

Chris Rogers
Oct 5, 20224 min read
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