#Houses of Parliament

[matthittscheekbones]

Meanwhile…in Britain

#uk politics #liz truss #conservatives #houses of parliament #house of commons #uk conservatives #boris johnson #rishi sunak

[huariqueje]

Houses of Parliament from St Thomas Hospital at Night -  Hubert Arthur Finney, n/d.

British, 1905-1991

Oil on board , 15 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. 40 x 54.5 cm.

#Hubert Arthur Finney #british artist #night cityscape #Palace of Westminster #Houses of Parliament #London

[sometimeslondon]

The Palace of Westminster

#London #Westminster #palace #parliament #houses of parliament #house of common #house of lords #history #government #politics #England #UK

[domonicriley]

Why is modern architecture so ugly?

Is it a desire to be different? A hatred of classical styles? A want to separate your designs from previous eras? Or is it that we've become so detached from beauty we can't recognise it anymore?

If the Romans, Tudors, Victorians, and so on, could make such beautiful, awesome buildings centuries ago, why do we have to settle for concrete and stainless steel blocks today?

The startling difference between the Palace of Westminster and the Scottish parliament building is a perfect example of everything wrong with modern architecture. Built 250 years ago, Westminster is in many ways almost timeless in its design, and possesses the kind of majesty such a building should. The Scottish parliament, by comparison, is a blunt concrete box. What will it look like in a couple of centuries, if it even lasts that long? I can't see how this is supposed to be progress.

If architecture is a reflection of the era and society it was built in, then what does this say about our own?

#architecture #houses of parliament #westminster #scottish parliament #architect #modern architecture #gothic architecture #beauty

[llovelymoonn]

monet on purple

waterloo bridge, hazy sunshine (1903) \\ houses of parliament, sunlight effect (1900-01) \\ water-lilies (1917-19) \\ lilac irises \\ île aux orties near vernon \\ the four trees (1891) \\ morning on the seine near giverny (1897) \\ the grand canal, venice (1908)

yellow ||

kofi

#on purple #monet #claude monet #purple #waterloo bridge #mine #art #colour #colours #on colour #on colours #houses of parliament #water lilies #water lillies #i realise sometimes i think blue is purple and vice versa #hopefully these are mostly purple haha #there's purple in there if you look hard enough <3 #the four trees #morning on the seine near giverny #île aux orties near vernon #ile aux orties near vernon #colour series

[thequietabsolute]

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

J. M. W. Turner

#turner #jmw turner #parliament #houses of parliament #art

[castelnou]

london england)

#houses of parliament #big ben #london #england #uk

[semioticapocalypse]

Bill Brandt. Fire Guards patrol the roof of the Houses of Parliament. 1942

#BW #Black and White #Preto e Branco #Noir et Blanc #黒と白 #Schwarzweiß #retro #vintage #Bill Brandt #Fire Guards #roof #Houses of Parliament #1942 #1940s #40s #war #guerra #London #England #Britain #UK #Second World War #World War 2 #history #historico #histoire #história #Geschichte #記録 #史籍

[fvckandkill-20]

Westminster :)

#westminster abbey #westmister #london #houses of parliament

[slack-wise]

Bonfire Night in the UK

Video at link.

#bonfire #bonfires #fire #fires #elemental #Houses of Parliament #Guy Fawkes #politics #UK #models #funny #lol

[asinparadies]

#Palace of Westminster #Parliament of the United Kingdom #Houses of Parliament #Clock tower #Elizabeth Tower #River Thames #Themse #River #Westminster #London #England

[ctyguidelondon]

This is the Richard of Lionheart statue outside the Houses of Parliament. If you Google an old black and white picture of him from during the war then you'll see that his blade was bent about a third of the way up. This was caused by a German bomb that dropped in the yard, blowing out the big window behind. They briefly thought about leaving it bent as a symbol to show that democracy would bend but not break under attack, but in the end they thought it looked a bit daft and straightened it up.

#parliament #houses of parliament #richard the lionheart #statue #london

[redgriffinsphotos]

Houses of Parliament and London Eye, January 2008

#my photos #london #united kingdom #great britain #london eye #houses of parliament #palace of westminster #big ben

[vox-anglosphere]

The magic of London with summer roses and a refurbished Big Ben

#Big Ben #Elizabeth Tower #Palace of Westminster #London #Houses of Parliament #capital city #roses #summer #UK

[shakespearenews]

The setting was appropriate in a number of ways. The current speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, reminded us that one of his predecessors, Thomas Hanmer, was a Shakespeare scholar who published his own edition of the plays in 1744. James Morris, MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Shakespeare, stressed Shakespeare’s eternal political relevance. “He deals,” said Morris, “with the danger of tyranny, the narcissism of politicians, the thin dividing line between fantasy and reality.”

#shakespeare #william shakespeare #politics #houses of parliament #london #uk #julius caesar

[castelnou]

#big ben #houses of parliament #london #england #uk