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When London's Royal Festival Hall (RFH) reopened in June after a two-year restoration, more than 250,000 people turned up to celebrate the rebirth of a British icon. The spring cleaning of the RFH, the postwar centerpiece of the 1951 Festival of Britain, represents the final piece of the puzzle in establishing the south bank of the Thames?from the London Eye big wheel down to the Design Museum at Shad Thames?as one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in the capital. Multiple bridges make it accessible to more than 15 million Londoners and visitors, and the Southbank...
...Royal Festival Hall (3) is not just for music aficionados?from classical to Iggy Pop?but also for those interested in design. The furniture of postwar-design star Robin Day has been restored, as have the carpets designed by architects Peter Moro and Leslie Martin. The venue will also be the central hub of this year's London Design Festival (Sept. 15 to 25; londondesignfestival.com...
...Sever Hall, Rachel K. Popkin ’08 joined a band of approximately 30 sci-fi enthusiasts for the first meeting of another new course—English 182, “Science Fiction,” taught by Associate Professor of English and American Literature and Language Stephen Louis Burt...
...earned the praise of the students interviewed for her help during their transition to Harvard. “The people at Harvard who were dealing with us were extremely nice and extremely kind to us,” says Payne. The College sponsored a weekly dinner in the dining hall for the displaced students, and administrators helped them purchase start-of-the-year possessions for their room, according to Payne. “Harvard took us to Target,” says Payne, “[And they said], you have two hours here, it?...
...Payne says he particularly enjoyed the academic environment present even in Harvard’s residential dorms—from the fact that it was not unusual for students to not have a television in their room to their habit of discussing current events or classes in the dining hall...