Volume 10 No. 3 Autumn 2013
The Magazine for Barbican Residents THE BARBICAN ASSOCIATION
Officers Chair
Deputy Chair Secretary Treasurer
Membership Secretary Auditor
Sub Committees Planning Licensing
Communications
Barbican Estate Security Sustainability
Roofs and Access, Public lifts, and Walkways
Noise and Pollution
Jane Smith, 307 Seddon House Tim Macer, 603 Willoughby House Robert Barker, 33 Lauderdale Tower Cliff Paice,142 Cromwell Tower Gaby Robertshaw, 706 Bryer Court Richard Godber, Defoe House.
Randall Anderson, 193 Shakespeare Tower David Graves, 209 Seddon House Angela Starling, 502 Gilbert House David Bradshaw, 143 Cromwell Tower Sarah Hudson, 192 Shakespeare Tower
Robert Barker, 33 Lauderdale Tower Steve Quilter, 49 Andrewes House
Elected General Council Members Randall Anderson, Bruce Badger, Robert Barker, David Bradshaw, David Graves,
Garth Leder, Tim Macer, Jane Smith, Angela Starling House Group Representatives Andrewes House *
Ben Jonson House * Brandon Mews Breton House Bryer Court
Bunyan Court
Cromwell Tower * Defoe House *
Frobisher Crescent * Gilbert House *
John Trundle Court * Lambert Jones Mews Lauderdale Tower * Mountjoy House * Seddon House *
Shakespeare Tower * Speed House
Thomas More House * Wallside *
Willoughby House*
Recognised Tenants Association Communications Group Angela Starling Jane Smith
Gillian Laidlaw Maggie Urry
Lawrence Williams Geoffrey Rivett
Stan Booth Chris Punter John Bailey
John Whitehead John Taysum
Gordon Griffiths John Tomlinson Matt Collins
184 Andrewes House 07985 319849 543 Ben Jonson House 8 Brandon Mews 111 Breton House 701 Bryer Court 312 Bunyan Court 133 Cromwell Tower 136 Defoe House
211 Gilbert House
Richard Collins Alberto Garciga Gillian Laidlaw Jane Smith Pat Spicer
Brian Parkes
Philip Sharples Mary Bonar Simon Ebbins
14 John Trundle Court 4 Lambert Jones Mews
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Contents Features 6 Walbrook Excavations
Gillian Laidlaw has been following the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) recently completed excavations at the Bloomberg Place site off Walbrook .
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COVER STORY Dining at the Shard
The editor visits all three new restaurants in the
Shard, all of which offer fantastic views over the City – and some pretty decent food too.
17 Operating on the edge of chaos Sreela Banerjee examines, inter alia, the so-
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Dianne Vander Cruyssen 824 Frobisher Crescent 07540 885457 Nigel Walmsley Janet Wells
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24 Thomas More House 6 Wallside
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angela.starling@
cityoflondon.gov.uk 307 Seddon House 7628 9132
chairba@btinternet.com
309 Mountjoy House 7638 0069
laidlaw.gillian@
btinternet.com 13 Lauderdale Tower 7588 1955 5 Brandon Mews 7588 0898 173 Shakespeare Tower 7786 9617
maggieurry@gmail.com barbicanlife@aol.com geoffrey@rivett.net
Articles published, and opinions expressed, do not necessarily represent the views of The Barbican Association. Contributed articles are welcome, but insertion depends on space available and editorial needs. © Copyright 2013 The Barbican Association
Editor: Lawrence Williams Email:
barbicanlife@gmail.com Tel: 020 7588 0898 Mobile: 07853 836 623
Advertising: Stephanie Ross
Stephanie.ross@
btinternet.com• Mobile: 07753 603601
Design: Sheldon-Mann Email:
sheldonmann@gmail.com Tel: 01322 412157
Print: The Buxton Press, Buxton Contributors/Assistance:
Sreela Banerjee Michele Cohen Joe Coten Tony Field Kevin Kiernan Gillian Laidlaw Stephanie Ross Katharine Rumens Kate West
called ‘killer apps’ which apparently explain the ascendancy of the West and looks at a set of bad assumptions which may become the cause of the end of Western affluence.
22 Down to earth restaurants Readers will have noted our coverage of the
three Shard restaurants earlier in the magazine. We follow these with some reviews and news on some of the more down to earth
establishments, in being located at ground level or below, with the editor trying two for lunch and Stephanie Ross one for a family Sunday brunch.
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Kate West reckons the annual Goldsmiths’ Fair is a highlight of the City of London calendar and strongly recommends that Barbican Life residents take full advantage of the 2 for 1 offer.
The 31st Annual Goldsmiths Fair Regulars
5 Barbicania 34 Insight 36 Theatre Previews 38 View from St Giles 40 Heath and the City 44 Stress and the City 45 Area News Review 53 Personal Finance 54 BA Discount Scheme 58 Barbican Flatwatch 64 Afterthoughts
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Cover Picture: Western Europe’s tallest building, the Shard. See article p 10 et seq for reviews of its three new restaurants. Photo by Lawrence Williams
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