Not so much a 'splash of red' as a torrent.This building houses, amongst other things, the studios of the BBC in Birmingham. They decamped here from purpose-built premises at Pebble Mill, further out of the city, a couple of years ago. At the time this idea was first mooted, it was the equivalent of taking a group of people used to sleeping in a king-size bed and putting them into a baby's cot. Rattles were thrown out.
Pressure was eased by making large numbers of people redundant, cutting corners, squandering expertise and transferring programme-making to less desirable locations like London and Manchester. No doubt that's progress (Axe to grind? Me? Don’t think so).
It also houses Harvey Nicholls, a shopping chain slightly more upmarket than Wal-Mart or Tesco's. Cheap jeans are not a speciality.
Peter and I had been in Brum to help send off some old colleagues into the great wide world of freelancing. On the way home we searched out a Balti restaurant, the Royal Watan in Selly Oak. It was excellent, the real taste of Indian food but somewhere other than India (or Kashmir, as this was a Kashmiri Balti).
4 comments:
you might think me batty, but the way you've captured the lights on this building look like tongues of fire... even though i've left the catholic fold, pentacost is still my favorite celebration. the idea of all different manner of people understanding the words of the disciples in their own tongue is such a beautiful metaphor for hearts reaching hearts despite any differences in language. glad to hear you and peter had a fine time.
So, you're the eccentric with your head down, eh Tobes?
Thank you Lee and Snowsparkle.
I like the tongues of fire analogy - it's an impressively lit building - I wish I'd done it but architectural lighting is not my field.
Toby - someone has to do it.
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