The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 118



June 23, 2015

The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 118

Shoes – a jaunt around some of London’s shoe emporiums for the next few days. There is something distinctly unique about buying new shoes. What is it about new shoes? I remember s a child putting a pair of new trainers next to my bed so they were the last thing I saw before I went to sleep and the first thing I saw when I woke up!

We start at the bottom of The Tower today on Borough High St with this infamous shop. I wander what it will eventually become. 

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June 23, 2015

Barnaby Barford is an artist who works primarily with ceramics to create narrative pieces. He is best known for his work with both mass-market and antique found porcelain figurines, cutting...

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