St. Pancras, London
The jolly statue of John Betjeman in the concourse of the newly refurbished St Pancras station. In general I approve of what has been achieved here. It's difficult to tell with the statue whether Sir John is aghast or breathtaken... but I'm sure he would have had something poetic, or waspish, to say about it.
I certainly do not approve of the giant Stalinesque statue of two parting lovers which is some meters away from this - hopefully it will toppled when artistic good sense is restored and the capital's current obsession with civic bling and showiness is a thing of the past.
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Love the sense of movement in this sculpture. Can never have enough of John Betjeman. They don't make them like that anymore.
# Posted By Jilly
| 9/26/09 9:03 AM
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