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Wren torpedoman servicing torpedo tubes about 1943-44 by
Gladys E Reed. ©National Maritime Museum, London

Cold trial into Greenwich Aqua Shard

lawless lands
war displays
The London skyline has completely
changed in the past couple of years
Vanessa Munroe deals in
information - covert information. A new programme of displays has begun at with the completion of the already
iconic Shard building which,
With an extraordinary intellect, a Royal Museums Greenwich in London,
physique that allows her to pass as showcasing the best of its collection of First standing at just over 1,000ft high,
makes it the current tallest building
either male or female, and ruthless and Second World War art.
in the European Union.
War Artists at Sea, in the Queen’s House,
martial arts skills, she offers a Taking advantage of the stunning
unique service to anyone who'll pay. includes moving portraits, battle scenes and
depictions by artists including Norman panoramic views of the capital,
Now a Texas oil billionaire has Aqua Shard promises a feast for
hired her to find his daughter, who Wilkinson, Leslie Cole and William Dring.
The programme includes Paintings and your eyes as well as your stomach.
vanished in Africa four years earlier
and where investigators have tried Sculpture (which runs now until February The restaurant, established in July
2015), Works on Paper: William Dring, Gladys last year, is open for breakfast, lunch
and failed.
Pulled deep into the mystery of the E Reed, John Kingsley Cook and John and dinner and boasts an impressive
three-storey high atrium bar where
missing girl, Munroe finds herself Worsley (from 15th March to 15th July) and
cut off from civilisation and left for Works on Paper: Everett and Ravilious ( from you can sip a cocktail and watch the
sun set over the capital.
dead. Her only hope of discovering 15th August to 15th December).
Included in the displays are Stephen Bone’s The delicious menu offers
the truth - and of staying alive - is to contemporary British cuisine.
face up to the violent past she's impressionistic eyewitness portrayal of the
Allied Landings in Normandy in 1944 and www.aquashard.co.uk
fought hard to forget.
Level 31, The Shard, St Thomas
The Informationist John Everett’s dramatic depiction of a convoy
Street, London SE1 9RY
of merchant ships in 1918.
By Taylor Stevens
Arrow £6.99
Admission to the displays is free.

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