5 Historical Quirks to Spot at... The Barbican

Stained glass skyscrapers, a vertical graveyard and a musical tree.

Welcome to another newsletter just for paid subscribers, in which I pick out five of my favourite historical sights in a well-known area. This week, we’re heading to the Barbican, that 1970s maze of concrete and cultural centres which nevertheless sequesters many secrets from its Blitzed past.

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