England's greatest repository of Old Masters paintings, with works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, and more
The royal palace so nice Henry VIII honeymooned here twice—and then three times, and four, and five...
Visiting the Queen's Gallery of art of Buckingham Palace
A 17th century manor house in Hampstead Heath with a fabulous free art collection
A gallery of some of the greatest hits of British painting and sculpture
An historic London townhouse filled with 18C antiques and French and Old Master paintings—all for free
Packed with pictures of old Brits, including the only life portrait of Shakespeare
Public payphones are disappearing everywhere in the mobile era, and of the some 47,000 phone kiosks remaining on British streets, fewer than 11,000 are that iconic, classic red phone box.
The two most popular variations of this British classic were designed in the 1920s and 30s by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott—same bloke who did the Bankside power station that now houses the Tate Modern. Its design and domed top were supposedly inspired by Sir John Soane's tomb in the yard at St Pancras Old Church.
More on phone kiosks (and those blue, Doctor Who police boxes): The-telephone-box.co.uk