Number One Poultry

This building used to be Mappin & Webb, a Victorian Gothic edifice and some people mourn its passing. I wasn't sure to begin with, but I rather like it now. Read about it in rather over the top terms here. (What also made me laugh reading that was that Google ads on the page wanted to sell me a chicken coop)

London in the Rain

Doesn't this shot look as if it comes straight out of a period drama? That's probably because it does. I happened across them filming Dorian Grey, and stopped to watch the fun. They were making their own rain, you can see the whole scene here. Turns out there is a trailer for the film already.

It's a Hollywood movie - I wonder how true they will be to the very dark spirit of the book - especially the ending. (incidentally, the whole text is available on project Guttenberg)