In London Life today, we visit a big exhibition which hasjust opened in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. It’sentirely dedicated to Kylie Minogue, the Australian popsinger and international icon. And the crowds are flockingin. So what’s on show? Well, her costumes – rememberthose gold hot pants?!
And who better to show us around the exhibition thanWilliam Baker, who has been Kylie’s stylist for the past10 years? A stylist is a person who gives advice on style– how you look, what to wear and so on. He talks to BBCreporter Liz Pearson about looking after Kylie’s image.
And the first thing he told her isthat Kylie is his muse. A muse is somebody who inspires anartist.
Now here is William Baker talking about why Kylie is sopopular. He says that because she starred in the TV soapopera ‘Neighbours’, most young people in Britain feel asif they grew up with Kylie! A soap opera is a serial thatdeals with the lives of a group of characters, especiallyin a melodramatic or sentimental way. As you listen, try tocatch the word William uses to describe what people feltabout Kylie. He says they felt a real kind of ….?
William Baker‘I grew up with Kylie as much as anyone in my generation.
(You’re in your 30s?) I’m 33. You know, ‘Neighbours’
was on when I came home from school and stuff, so she’svery much part of everyone’s life I think. It was thefirst time a soap opera had been on every dayof the week so you felt this kind of real intimacy. And Ithink this is the main reason why people have stayed withher so long is because everyone grew up with her.’
Amber: So William says people who are aged about 30 inBritain remember Kylie as a soap opera star. They feel areal kind of intimacy with her because she was on TVeveryday! Intimacy means a close relationship.
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Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a wonderful, round building inLondon which was officially opened in 1871. It was namedafter and 'commissioned' by Queen Victoria's husband andConsort, Prince Albert – so he arranged for it to be builtand paid for it. Prince Albert's dream was that the countryshould always havea place to celebrate the arts, industry and sciences. Butdid The Royal AlbertHall make his dream come true? Let's hear from a tour guide…CLIP FROM GUIDED TOUREverything Albert dreamed of came true. And do you know,even today, this area is still known as Albertopolis. Isn'tthat lovely? I want one of them. What do you think?
Yvonne: Sadly, Prince Albert died 10 years before the RoyalAlbert Hall was finished, but as it's still being usedtoday, I think it's fair to say that his dream did cometrue! Here's another chance to hear that short clip again,but this time, try to catch the unofficial name for thearea where The Royal Albert Hall was built…CLIP FROM GUIDED TOUREverything Albert dreamed of came true. And do you know,even today, this area is still known as Albertopolis. Isn'tthat lovely? I want one of them. What do you think?
Yvonne: Hmmm – I don't think Yvonneopolis has quite thesame ring as Albertopolis, do you? As we heard, the areawhere The Royal Albert Hall is built is still known as'Albertopolis'. This suggests that it's one of the mostimportant buildings in the area - and that Albert was a manof the people.
The suffix 'polis' – spelt P-O-L-I-S… comes from theGreek for 'city' and the Latin for 'belonging to thepeople' – so as the tour guide suggested, it's a lovelysuffix to add to a name. Other places which also make useof the suffix 'polis' include the Acropolis in Greece,Teresópolis and Petrópolis in Brazil, which are believed tohave been named after Teresa and Peter of the Portugueseroyal family. And of course, who can forget the Metropolisin the film "Superman"?!
Is there an important place or building where you live thatuses the suffix 'polis'? Who's it named after? And is thereanyone who you think should be honouredin this way?
IDENTYvonne: Linda Clifford is the longest serving steward atthe Royal Albert Hall and isnow Head Steward. She started working there in 1986 andtold us about two very special ladies who visit the Hallonce a year. Who are they – or at least – who do youthink they were?
Linda CliffordThere are several ghosts. Two ladies that walk just belowus on a certain day in the year. Now I've been here whenthe lights have been switched off. I have to admit, it'squite creepy. The doors creak and you could turn around and– maybe there was something there?
Yvonne: Perhaps the two ladies were performers who appearedat the Royal Albert Hall in the past. And maybe one of themcould even be Queen Victoria?! Well, whether you believe inghosts or not, Linda says there are several at the RoyalAlbert Hall… it's 'haunted'! So with the lights off, theghosts and the creaking doors, it's a 'creepy' building –it's a bit frightening and eerie.
Linda CliffordThere are several ghosts. Two ladies that walk just belowus on a certain day in the year. Now I've been here whenthe lights have been switched off. I have to admit, it'squite creepy. The doors creak and you could turn around and– maybe there was something there?
Yvonne: Probably best known as the venue for the Proms, theRoyal Albert Hall can seat 7,000 people and over 300performances take place there each year. But what type ofpeople do they hope will come to those performances? Listenout for the terms 'cross section' and 'narrow section'
which mean opposite things as the Chief Executive at theRoyal Albert Hall explains…Chief Executive, Royal Albert HallWhat we're looking for is a balance of programming over thecourse of a year that enables us to provide something foreverybody so that we can reach young, old – really, anentire cross- section. Because the one thing the hall isnot about is being elitist and only appealing to a narrowsection of the audience.
Yvonne: Sadly, Prince Albert died 10 years before the RoyalAlbert Hall was finished, but as it's still being usedtoday, I think it's fair to say that his dream did cometrue! Here's another chance to hear that short clip again,but this time, try to catch the unofficial name for thearea where The Royal Albert Hall was built…CLIP FROM GUIDED TOUREverything Albert dreamed of came true. And do you know,even today, this area is still known as Albertopolis. Isn'tthat lovely? I want one of them. What do you think?
Yvonne: Hmmm – I don't think Yvonneopolis has quite thesame ring as Albertopolis, do you? As we heard, the areawhere The Royal Albert Hall is built is still known as'Albertopolis'. This suggests that it's one of the mostimportant buildings in the area - and that Albert was a manof the people.
The suffix 'polis' – spelt P-O-L-I-S… comes from theGreek for 'city' and the Latin for 'belonging to thepeople' – so as the tour guide suggested, it's a lovelysuffix to add to a name. Other places which also make useof the suffix 'polis' include the Acropolis in Greece,Teresópolis and Petrópolis in Brazil, which are believed tohave been named after Teresa and Peter of the Portugueseroyal family. And of course, who can forget the Metropolisin the film "Superman"?!
Is there an important place or building where you live thatuses the suffix 'polis'? Who's it named after? And is thereanyone who you think should be honouredin this way?
IDENTYvonne: Linda Clifford is the longest serving steward atthe Royal Albert Hall and isnow Head Steward. She started working there in 1986 andtold us about two very special ladies who visit the Hallonce a year. Who are they – or at least – who do youthink they were?
Linda CliffordThere are several ghosts. Two ladies that walk just belowus on a certain day in the year. Now I've been here whenthe lights have been switched off. I have to admit, it'squite creepy. The doors creak and you could turn around and– maybe there was something there?
Yvonne: Perhaps the two ladies were performers who appearedat the Royal Albert Hall in the past. And maybe one of themcould even be Queen Victoria?! Well, whether you believe inghosts or not, Linda says there are several at the RoyalAlbert Hall… it's 'haunted'! So with the lights off, theghosts and the creaking doors, it's a 'creepy' building –it's a bit frightening and eerie.
Linda CliffordThere are several ghosts. Two ladies that walk just belowus on a certain day in the year. Now I've been here whenthe lights have been switched off. I have to admit, it'squite creepy. The doors creak and you could turn around and– maybe there was something there?
Yvonne: Probably best known as the venue for the Proms, theRoyal Albert Hall can seat 7,000 people and over 300performances take place there each year. But what type ofpeople do they hope will come to those performances? Listenout for the terms 'cross section' and 'narrow section'
which mean opposite things as the Chief Executive at theRoyal Albert Hall explains…Chief Executive, Royal Albert HallWhat we're looking for is a balance of programming over thecourse of a year that enables us to provide something foreverybody so that we can reach young, old – really, anentire cross- section. Because the one thing the hall isnot about is being elitist and only appealing to a narrowsection of the audience.
British breakfasts
In London Life today, we sit down to a traditional Britishbreakfast in a smart London restaurant and a ‘greasy-spooncafé’! A ‘greasy-spoon café’, or ‘caff’, is theopposite of a smart restaurant!
We find out what the traditional British breakfast is madeof, and why is it becoming more and more popular,especially in London, to eat breakfast in a café beforearriving at the office for a hard day’s work.
Our first guest is an American anthropologist. Ananthropologist studies all aspects of human culture anddevelopment. Kaori O’Connor says that strangers to Englandhave a ‘vague vision’, an unclear picture in their minds,of what the traditional British breakfast is – perhaps it’s served from silver dishes on a grand ‘sideboard’…As you listen, try to catch what Kaori lists as the threemain ingredients of the great British breakfast.
Kaori O’Connor‘It’s a meal that everyone outside of England has heardof, and dreams about, and we don’t know what it is, butwhen we come here, we want to eat it. And we have somevague vision of, you know, a sideboard with silver dishesand it’s just going to be the most wonderful thing onearth and I got here, and I went to a café and there wasthe bacon, eggs and chips, and Ithought – gosh, is this all there is?!’
Amber: Did you catch it? Kaori says she went into a Londoncafé for breakfast and there it was ‘bacon, eggs and chips’! Bacon is meat from a pig that has been salted anddried, and it is fried for a traditional English breakfast!
The eggs are usually fried too, and there is also usuallysome kind of bread – perhaps fried bread or even, as Kaorisaw, chips – fried potatoes!
So now let’s go to a smart London restaurant where chefLawrence Keogh is frying a traditional breakfast! You canhear the sizzling in the background! He explains why heeats breakfast – the egg and bacon are ‘protein’, forexample – protein is healthy. He says ‘it keeps you goingall day’. It’s‘sustenance’, nourishment, healthy food.
As you listen, try to catch what he says is a new trend, orfashion inLondon’s top restaurants.
Lawrence Keogh‘I think it’s fundamental to the start of the day. If I’
ve got a long day at work, I try and eat egg and bacon inthe morning because it’s protein – it keeps you going allday. Well, it’s sustenance isn’t it? You know really, wedo a lot of business meetings as well now in the morning –the place is very busy – and I think you see it acrossLondon now, there’s lots more people having businessmeetings in top restaurants and it’s getting veryfashionable to have breakfast.’
Amber: Did you catch it? Laurence says that more and morepeople are having ‘business meetings in top restaurantsand it’s getting very fashionable to have breakfast.’
Well our last stop today is a greasy-spoon café. RussellDavies is an expert on these! He’s written a book called‘Egg, Bacon, Chips and Beans: 50 Great Cafes and the StuffThat Makes Them Great’. He explains what makes a greatbreakfast in a down-market London café, or ‘caff’. Try tocatch two or three of the things he talks about.
Russell Davies‘I would say the café experience, you know, it’s lessthan 50% the food, as it were, there’s also theatmosphere, there’s the fact that in a decent caff, they’
re not going to hurry you out. There’s the smells, there’
s the sounds, you know - the badly-tuned radio, theeccentric art on the wall, the kind of odd condiment choice- and most cafes are so small that it’s the best place foreavesdropping and just kind of listening to the world goby.’
Amber: So Russell Davies says the key ingredients of agreat breakfast in a down- market London café are: theatmosphere, they won’t hurry you out, the smells, thesounds, for example, the badly-tuned radio, the unusual or‘eccentric’ art on the wall, the odd condiments, forexample, tomato sauce, and the fact that you can listen toother people’s conversations!
We find out what the traditional British breakfast is madeof, and why is it becoming more and more popular,especially in London, to eat breakfast in a café beforearriving at the office for a hard day’s work.
Our first guest is an American anthropologist. Ananthropologist studies all aspects of human culture anddevelopment. Kaori O’Connor says that strangers to Englandhave a ‘vague vision’, an unclear picture in their minds,of what the traditional British breakfast is – perhaps it’s served from silver dishes on a grand ‘sideboard’…As you listen, try to catch what Kaori lists as the threemain ingredients of the great British breakfast.
Kaori O’Connor‘It’s a meal that everyone outside of England has heardof, and dreams about, and we don’t know what it is, butwhen we come here, we want to eat it. And we have somevague vision of, you know, a sideboard with silver dishesand it’s just going to be the most wonderful thing onearth and I got here, and I went to a café and there wasthe bacon, eggs and chips, and Ithought – gosh, is this all there is?!’
Amber: Did you catch it? Kaori says she went into a Londoncafé for breakfast and there it was ‘bacon, eggs and chips’! Bacon is meat from a pig that has been salted anddried, and it is fried for a traditional English breakfast!
The eggs are usually fried too, and there is also usuallysome kind of bread – perhaps fried bread or even, as Kaorisaw, chips – fried potatoes!
So now let’s go to a smart London restaurant where chefLawrence Keogh is frying a traditional breakfast! You canhear the sizzling in the background! He explains why heeats breakfast – the egg and bacon are ‘protein’, forexample – protein is healthy. He says ‘it keeps you goingall day’. It’s‘sustenance’, nourishment, healthy food.
As you listen, try to catch what he says is a new trend, orfashion inLondon’s top restaurants.
Lawrence Keogh‘I think it’s fundamental to the start of the day. If I’
ve got a long day at work, I try and eat egg and bacon inthe morning because it’s protein – it keeps you going allday. Well, it’s sustenance isn’t it? You know really, wedo a lot of business meetings as well now in the morning –the place is very busy – and I think you see it acrossLondon now, there’s lots more people having businessmeetings in top restaurants and it’s getting veryfashionable to have breakfast.’
Amber: Did you catch it? Laurence says that more and morepeople are having ‘business meetings in top restaurantsand it’s getting very fashionable to have breakfast.’
Well our last stop today is a greasy-spoon café. RussellDavies is an expert on these! He’s written a book called‘Egg, Bacon, Chips and Beans: 50 Great Cafes and the StuffThat Makes Them Great’. He explains what makes a greatbreakfast in a down-market London café, or ‘caff’. Try tocatch two or three of the things he talks about.
Russell Davies‘I would say the café experience, you know, it’s lessthan 50% the food, as it were, there’s also theatmosphere, there’s the fact that in a decent caff, they’
re not going to hurry you out. There’s the smells, there’
s the sounds, you know - the badly-tuned radio, theeccentric art on the wall, the kind of odd condiment choice- and most cafes are so small that it’s the best place foreavesdropping and just kind of listening to the world goby.’
Amber: So Russell Davies says the key ingredients of agreat breakfast in a down- market London café are: theatmosphere, they won’t hurry you out, the smells, thesounds, for example, the badly-tuned radio, the unusual or‘eccentric’ art on the wall, the odd condiments, forexample, tomato sauce, and the fact that you can listen toother people’s conversations!
Slow London
Many people love the excitement of living in a big citysuch as London. But for others, things happen a bit toofast – people seem busy and stressed all the time. A groupcalled 'Slow London' wants everyone to slow down and takesome time to relax. Perhaps you could walk to work one dayinstead of driving. Or when you buy a newspaper, take thetime to have a friendly chat with the newsagent. But whatdo people living in London think about all this? Is life inthe capital really too fast?
ClipLondon Life probably is a bit fast, yeah, walking down thestreet, rushing to work, getting on the tube, constantlybeing busy…yeah, I would say it's too fast compared toother cities.
Jackie: She thinks it is a bit fast. She talkedabout people rushing to work. To'rush' somewhere is to go there very quickly.
Clip…rushing to workJackie: Rushing to work – something I do everymorning. Maybe I should stop and have a coffee on the wayin… I'm sure my boss won't mind if I'm a bit late. Whatdoes this girl think about the speed of life in London?
ClipIf you can't cut it in this city, you should leave!
Jackie: Ooh, harsh words! 'If you can't cut it, youshould leave!' 'You can't cut it'
means you can't handle it, you're not strong enough to copewith it.
ClipI don't think London Life is too fast. If you can't cut itin this city, you should leave!
Jackie: So, perhaps a rather typically Londonmessage from that girl – if you can't cut it in this city,you should leave! Does this man think life in the city istoo fast?
ClipSometimes it is, yeah, yes of course it is.
Do you ever find yourself trying to slow down?
Oh I do, absolutely. I make it a part of my daily scheduleto have a moment of slowing down – I go for a swim.
Jackie: Life in London does sometimes seem too fastfor him. And he makes it part of his daily schedule to slowdown - every day he takes some time to go swimming.
ClipI make it a part of my daily schedule to have a moment ofslowing down – I go for a swim.
Jackie: This next person works in London, but livesin a small village in the countryside. Does she notice abig difference between the two?
ClipWell, I find London Life quite fast because I don'tactually live in London – I work in London, I live out inKent, in the countryside so I really notice how differentthe pace is from out in the countryside.
Jackie: She says there's a difference in the pace– 'the pace', the speed of things.
The pace in London is faster than in the countryside.
ClipI really notice how different the pace is from out in thecountryside.
Jackie: Our next person is originally from Walesand she also notices the difference in pace.
ClipYes, being originally from Wales, it is a lot faster thanlife down there, when I go back it's at a snail's pace. ButI'm young, so I enjoy it here.
Jackie: She says in Wales things seem to go 'at asnail's pace' – very slowly, at about the speed of asnail. She enjoys the faster pace of London.
Clip…when I go back it's at a snail's pace. But I'm young, soI enjoy it here.
Jackie: But does she ever feel the need to try andslow down when she's inLondon?
ClipYes, I've taken more 'me time' this year – it was one ofmy New Year's resolutions to have more 'me time' becauseyou could do something every night if you wanted to and itwas getting all too much for me.
Jackie: Did you get the answer? Yes. She does tryto slow down. She talks abouttaking more 'me time'. To take 'me time' is an expressionmeaning to spend more time on yourself and relax or dosomething you enjoy – instead of putting all your energyinto work or family or other things you feel you have todo. She says she decided she needed more 'me time' becauseit was getting all to much for her – she couldn't copewith it.
ClipYes, I've taken more 'me time' this year – it was one ofmy New Year's resolutions to have more 'me time' becauseyou could do something every night if you wanted to and itwas getting all too much for me.
ClipLondon Life probably is a bit fast, yeah, walking down thestreet, rushing to work, getting on the tube, constantlybeing busy…yeah, I would say it's too fast compared toother cities.
Jackie: She thinks it is a bit fast. She talkedabout people rushing to work. To'rush' somewhere is to go there very quickly.
Clip…rushing to workJackie: Rushing to work – something I do everymorning. Maybe I should stop and have a coffee on the wayin… I'm sure my boss won't mind if I'm a bit late. Whatdoes this girl think about the speed of life in London?
ClipIf you can't cut it in this city, you should leave!
Jackie: Ooh, harsh words! 'If you can't cut it, youshould leave!' 'You can't cut it'
means you can't handle it, you're not strong enough to copewith it.
ClipI don't think London Life is too fast. If you can't cut itin this city, you should leave!
Jackie: So, perhaps a rather typically Londonmessage from that girl – if you can't cut it in this city,you should leave! Does this man think life in the city istoo fast?
ClipSometimes it is, yeah, yes of course it is.
Do you ever find yourself trying to slow down?
Oh I do, absolutely. I make it a part of my daily scheduleto have a moment of slowing down – I go for a swim.
Jackie: Life in London does sometimes seem too fastfor him. And he makes it part of his daily schedule to slowdown - every day he takes some time to go swimming.
ClipI make it a part of my daily schedule to have a moment ofslowing down – I go for a swim.
Jackie: This next person works in London, but livesin a small village in the countryside. Does she notice abig difference between the two?
ClipWell, I find London Life quite fast because I don'tactually live in London – I work in London, I live out inKent, in the countryside so I really notice how differentthe pace is from out in the countryside.
Jackie: She says there's a difference in the pace– 'the pace', the speed of things.
The pace in London is faster than in the countryside.
ClipI really notice how different the pace is from out in thecountryside.
Jackie: Our next person is originally from Walesand she also notices the difference in pace.
ClipYes, being originally from Wales, it is a lot faster thanlife down there, when I go back it's at a snail's pace. ButI'm young, so I enjoy it here.
Jackie: She says in Wales things seem to go 'at asnail's pace' – very slowly, at about the speed of asnail. She enjoys the faster pace of London.
Clip…when I go back it's at a snail's pace. But I'm young, soI enjoy it here.
Jackie: But does she ever feel the need to try andslow down when she's inLondon?
ClipYes, I've taken more 'me time' this year – it was one ofmy New Year's resolutions to have more 'me time' becauseyou could do something every night if you wanted to and itwas getting all too much for me.
Jackie: Did you get the answer? Yes. She does tryto slow down. She talks abouttaking more 'me time'. To take 'me time' is an expressionmeaning to spend more time on yourself and relax or dosomething you enjoy – instead of putting all your energyinto work or family or other things you feel you have todo. She says she decided she needed more 'me time' becauseit was getting all to much for her – she couldn't copewith it.
ClipYes, I've taken more 'me time' this year – it was one ofmy New Year's resolutions to have more 'me time' becauseyou could do something every night if you wanted to and itwas getting all too much for me.
Wine
Christmas is approachingand, as usual, I haven't done my Christmas shopping yet –I suppose that’s because I hate doing it: the huge crowds,the annoying Christmas songs being played in shops and mostof all, a complete lack of inspiration when it comes toideas for what to buy people. It seems the shops are justselling the same old thing every year. But there’s hope!
There are some places in London where Christmas shoppingcan be a bit more interesting and inspiring. These includemarkets. Today we’re going to find out about onewhich is particularly popular for Christmas shopping andthat's Spitalfields. Both visitors and traders love itslively atmosphere. Emily has a smallshop selling unusual home decorations and clothes. Whatdoes she like about Spitalfields?
EmilyWell, there’s always something quite magical about thisarea anyway. I think Spitalfields Market has such a longhistory. It’s always been involved with creativity, there’s a lot of artists that live in the area and there’s agreat energy about the place, so, particularly in festivetimes such as Christmas, this really comes to the fore.
Jackie: Well, Emily says ‘creativity’ has always been apart of Spitalfields.
Creativity – the ability to come up with new and differentideas and make unusual things. She talks about a greatenergy at the market. She saysthese things really come to the fore in festive times. Whatdoes that mean? If something ‘comes to the fore’, itbecomes more noticeable. ‘Festive times’ are times whenpeople are celebrating some kind of event, like Christmas.
So Emily reckons that at Christmas you can really see theenergy and creativity at Spitalfields market. Now let’shear about one trader who is being particularly creativefor Christmas. Gary is selling Christmas decorations –‘Christmas decorations’ – things that people put uparound the house during the Christmas period to make itlook nice…things like sparkly candles and tinsel. But Garygoes a bit further. What’s he offering?
GaryWe try to make each year different. We’ve got, like,Santa on a spaceship, this is, like, supersonic Santa, andwe’ve got, like, a reindeer dressed up quite sassy -Twinkletoes.
Jackie: Gary likes to make each year different. This yearit’s Santa – or ‘Father Christmas’ but on a spaceship– not something we usually associate with FatherChristmas. Gary also sells models of reindeer, the four-legged animals supposedly pull Santa’s sleigh when heflies through the sky. But they're not ordinary models ofreindeer, they're actually dressed up and they look quite'sassy', he says – 'sassy' – quite stylish, as if they'reabout to go and have a party. Now let’s hear from Diana,who makes jewellery which she sells at Spitalfields. Whydoes she think the market is a good place to go?
DianaEveryone knows their goanna get original stuff if they comehere.
Jackie: Diane says people go to the market because theyknow they can find‘original’ things. ‘Original’ – things that areunusual, a bit different. Diana thinks Spitalfields is notonly a good place to visit; it’s also a good place towork. Why is that?
DianaThe people that run it are very fair. They always welcomenew people. They always encourage art, they alwaysencourage crafts, they always encourage people that maketheir own things to come in and do it. A lot of businessstarted up here.
Jackie: Diana reckons Spitalfields is a good place to workbecause new people are welcome and art and creativity isencouraged. She says a lot of businesses started up there.
Diana also likes Spitalfields because of the kinds ofpeople there. What does she like about them? See if you canidentify three thingsDianaThere's a lot of people around here – they're creative andintelligent as well. And very generous, really. Most peopleare very generous here, really sweet.
Jackie: Diana says people are creative, intelligent andgenerous – generous – kind to others and willing to helpthem. Spitalfields is, of course, not the only market inLondon. And each market has something different and specialabout it, whether it’s the fascinating antiques ofPortobello Road or the delicious food of Borough market.
There are some places in London where Christmas shoppingcan be a bit more interesting and inspiring. These includemarkets. Today we’re going to find out about onewhich is particularly popular for Christmas shopping andthat's Spitalfields. Both visitors and traders love itslively atmosphere. Emily has a smallshop selling unusual home decorations and clothes. Whatdoes she like about Spitalfields?
EmilyWell, there’s always something quite magical about thisarea anyway. I think Spitalfields Market has such a longhistory. It’s always been involved with creativity, there’s a lot of artists that live in the area and there’s agreat energy about the place, so, particularly in festivetimes such as Christmas, this really comes to the fore.
Jackie: Well, Emily says ‘creativity’ has always been apart of Spitalfields.
Creativity – the ability to come up with new and differentideas and make unusual things. She talks about a greatenergy at the market. She saysthese things really come to the fore in festive times. Whatdoes that mean? If something ‘comes to the fore’, itbecomes more noticeable. ‘Festive times’ are times whenpeople are celebrating some kind of event, like Christmas.
So Emily reckons that at Christmas you can really see theenergy and creativity at Spitalfields market. Now let’shear about one trader who is being particularly creativefor Christmas. Gary is selling Christmas decorations –‘Christmas decorations’ – things that people put uparound the house during the Christmas period to make itlook nice…things like sparkly candles and tinsel. But Garygoes a bit further. What’s he offering?
GaryWe try to make each year different. We’ve got, like,Santa on a spaceship, this is, like, supersonic Santa, andwe’ve got, like, a reindeer dressed up quite sassy -Twinkletoes.
Jackie: Gary likes to make each year different. This yearit’s Santa – or ‘Father Christmas’ but on a spaceship– not something we usually associate with FatherChristmas. Gary also sells models of reindeer, the four-legged animals supposedly pull Santa’s sleigh when heflies through the sky. But they're not ordinary models ofreindeer, they're actually dressed up and they look quite'sassy', he says – 'sassy' – quite stylish, as if they'reabout to go and have a party. Now let’s hear from Diana,who makes jewellery which she sells at Spitalfields. Whydoes she think the market is a good place to go?
DianaEveryone knows their goanna get original stuff if they comehere.
Jackie: Diane says people go to the market because theyknow they can find‘original’ things. ‘Original’ – things that areunusual, a bit different. Diana thinks Spitalfields is notonly a good place to visit; it’s also a good place towork. Why is that?
DianaThe people that run it are very fair. They always welcomenew people. They always encourage art, they alwaysencourage crafts, they always encourage people that maketheir own things to come in and do it. A lot of businessstarted up here.
Jackie: Diana reckons Spitalfields is a good place to workbecause new people are welcome and art and creativity isencouraged. She says a lot of businesses started up there.
Diana also likes Spitalfields because of the kinds ofpeople there. What does she like about them? See if you canidentify three thingsDianaThere's a lot of people around here – they're creative andintelligent as well. And very generous, really. Most peopleare very generous here, really sweet.
Jackie: Diana says people are creative, intelligent andgenerous – generous – kind to others and willing to helpthem. Spitalfields is, of course, not the only market inLondon. And each market has something different and specialabout it, whether it’s the fascinating antiques ofPortobello Road or the delicious food of Borough market.
Queuing
The topic came to mind while I was waiting in a queue inthe supermarket to buy my lunch. It was a very long queuethat went all the way along one aisle and round the back ofthe shop. I wouldn't normally wait in such a long queue butI know at this particular supermarket at this particulartime of day they have a lot of staff at the check-outs andthe queue moves very quickly.
While I was waiting I thought how calm, patient and politethe people in the queue were and that is something that isoften experienced in Britain and not always in otherplaces. I remember once in a country that I won't name, Iwas at an airport waiting to check in. I arrived early andthere was a short queue waiting for the check-in to open. Iwas the second or third person in the queue and gradually aline of passengers arrived behind me. I was glad I hadarrived early as the queue then was very long. However, assoon as the check-in opened there was a mad rush and allthe people who had been behind me, pushed forward, allwanting to check-in at the same time. I ended up more orless at the back of the queue.
The British are traditionally much better organised when itcomes to queuing although a recent survey has revealed thatour attitudes to queuing are changingand particularly in London we are getting less patient.
Greg Twitcher is Vice President of Visa UK who commissioneda survey to look into our attitudes to queuing. Whatreasons does he give for our changing attitiudes?
Greg TwitcherWell I think it's probably down to the fact that oureveryday lives have changed and I think what it is is thatour lives are so busy and there are so many more optionsavailable to us now we just think, well why in the is dayand age should I queueCallum: Greg thinks that our attitudes are changing becauseour lives are changing. We are much busier in our lives nowand we have more options to get the things we want. He usesthe expression 'in this day and age', 'in this day andage'. 'Why in this day and age should I queue?' Thisexpression means in this modern world with all itstechnology.
Listen again to Greg. He also goes on to mention what someof the other options are what things were like a few yearsago.
Greg TwitcherWell I think it's probably down to the fact that oureveryday lives have changed and I think what it is is thatour lives are so busy and there are so many more optionsavailable to us now we just think, well why in this day andage should I queue when I can go on the internet, I can goto 24 hour convenience stores and I am a little bit oldenough to remember the fact when shops were closed on aThursday afternoon and not open on a Sunday, so we have somany more choices now and we just say look I'm not going toput up with this and a lot of people are just walking outof shops.
Callum: These days we have access to internet shopping andthere are a lot of 24 hour convenience stores. In the pastmany shops closed for one afternoon a week and most onSundays. There were fewer convenience stores and nointernet so if you wanted something and the shop was verybusy, you just had to wait. But that has changed now. Manypeople will walk out of shops if they see a long queue.
Let's now hear from some Londoners and find out what theythink about queuing, are they patient in queues?
VOICESI get sick of it but I'm quite patient, but only ifeverybody else is patient, if people start pushing in frontor trying to get to the front of the queue then that makesme lose my patience.
I've never abandoned a queue. I always stick around andwait. I tend to get really impatient and I will just leaveitI try to be patient but generally find myself gettingirritable the longer I have to stand aroundI think it depends what time of the day it is. It it'searly in the morning or if it's lunch time and I'm in themiddle of work I wish the queue would be shorter, butotherwise I'm usually quite patient.
Callum: Well there does seem to be a mostly patientattitude to queuing though it can depend on the time ofday, how busy we are and what the other people in the queueare doing. Listen again.
VOICESI get sick of it but I'm quite patient, but only ifeverybody else is patient, if people start pushing in frontor trying to get to the front of the queue then that makesme lose my patience.
I've never abandoned a queue. I always stick around andwait. I tend to get really impatient and I will just leaveitI try to be patient but generally find myself gettingirritable the longer I have to stand aroundI think it depends what time of the day it is. It it'searly in the morning or if it's lunch time and I'm in themiddle of work I wish the queue would be shorter, butotherwise I'm usually quite patient.
While I was waiting I thought how calm, patient and politethe people in the queue were and that is something that isoften experienced in Britain and not always in otherplaces. I remember once in a country that I won't name, Iwas at an airport waiting to check in. I arrived early andthere was a short queue waiting for the check-in to open. Iwas the second or third person in the queue and gradually aline of passengers arrived behind me. I was glad I hadarrived early as the queue then was very long. However, assoon as the check-in opened there was a mad rush and allthe people who had been behind me, pushed forward, allwanting to check-in at the same time. I ended up more orless at the back of the queue.
The British are traditionally much better organised when itcomes to queuing although a recent survey has revealed thatour attitudes to queuing are changingand particularly in London we are getting less patient.
Greg Twitcher is Vice President of Visa UK who commissioneda survey to look into our attitudes to queuing. Whatreasons does he give for our changing attitiudes?
Greg TwitcherWell I think it's probably down to the fact that oureveryday lives have changed and I think what it is is thatour lives are so busy and there are so many more optionsavailable to us now we just think, well why in the is dayand age should I queueCallum: Greg thinks that our attitudes are changing becauseour lives are changing. We are much busier in our lives nowand we have more options to get the things we want. He usesthe expression 'in this day and age', 'in this day andage'. 'Why in this day and age should I queue?' Thisexpression means in this modern world with all itstechnology.
Listen again to Greg. He also goes on to mention what someof the other options are what things were like a few yearsago.
Greg TwitcherWell I think it's probably down to the fact that oureveryday lives have changed and I think what it is is thatour lives are so busy and there are so many more optionsavailable to us now we just think, well why in this day andage should I queue when I can go on the internet, I can goto 24 hour convenience stores and I am a little bit oldenough to remember the fact when shops were closed on aThursday afternoon and not open on a Sunday, so we have somany more choices now and we just say look I'm not going toput up with this and a lot of people are just walking outof shops.
Callum: These days we have access to internet shopping andthere are a lot of 24 hour convenience stores. In the pastmany shops closed for one afternoon a week and most onSundays. There were fewer convenience stores and nointernet so if you wanted something and the shop was verybusy, you just had to wait. But that has changed now. Manypeople will walk out of shops if they see a long queue.
Let's now hear from some Londoners and find out what theythink about queuing, are they patient in queues?
VOICESI get sick of it but I'm quite patient, but only ifeverybody else is patient, if people start pushing in frontor trying to get to the front of the queue then that makesme lose my patience.
I've never abandoned a queue. I always stick around andwait. I tend to get really impatient and I will just leaveitI try to be patient but generally find myself gettingirritable the longer I have to stand aroundI think it depends what time of the day it is. It it'searly in the morning or if it's lunch time and I'm in themiddle of work I wish the queue would be shorter, butotherwise I'm usually quite patient.
Callum: Well there does seem to be a mostly patientattitude to queuing though it can depend on the time ofday, how busy we are and what the other people in the queueare doing. Listen again.
VOICESI get sick of it but I'm quite patient, but only ifeverybody else is patient, if people start pushing in frontor trying to get to the front of the queue then that makesme lose my patience.
I've never abandoned a queue. I always stick around andwait. I tend to get really impatient and I will just leaveitI try to be patient but generally find myself gettingirritable the longer I have to stand aroundI think it depends what time of the day it is. It it'searly in the morning or if it's lunch time and I'm in themiddle of work I wish the queue would be shorter, butotherwise I'm usually quite patient.
School builds huge camera obscura
In London Life today, we visit a school to hear about avery unusual new piece of playground equipment!
The Michael Faraday School is in the middle of a largecouncil estate in South London. A council estate is acommunity of houses or flats built by the government andavailable at a reduced rent.
Two years ago, the nine-and-ten-year-old children at theschool worked with a local group of architects to designsome new playground equipment. And recently, the firstextraordinary piece arrived. It’s a huge camera obscura –a small, dark room into which an image of what is outsideis projected using a small hole, and sometimes a simplelens.
And this rather special camera obscura is made from arecycled grain silo – a silo is a tall tower used forstoring grain or cereal crop. So it’s extremely heavy!
Child and teacher‘We’re from Michael Faraday School and we’re watchingthe big camera obscura being delivered! And I’m worriedthat the playground is going to collapse!’
Amber: But it didn’t! And when all the camera obscura’ssubmarine-style hatches, or small doors, are closed, itprojects onto its walls a 360 degree image of theplayground, the school and the surrounding flats. When thedoors are open, it’s a kind of tree house you can climb upinto!
Here’s architect Clare Price talking about the idea forthe camera obscura which was ‘generated’, or created, bythe school children themselves. She says it wasa ‘strong’ idea – a strong idea is likely to besuccessful. And it seemed ‘to stick’
– it was memorable – and it ‘made a lot of sense’ – itwas a sensible idea! As you listen, try to catch what kindof ‘little world’ the camera obscura creates for thechildren.
Architect‘It was a very, very strong idea that was generated fromthe children – the idea for this tree house, because Ithink that they really liked the idea of rising up into anillicit, secret, little world that’s raised off theground. And gradually, we came up with the idea ofcombining a tree house with a camera obscura, and thatseemed to be an idea that seemed to stick and make a lot ofsense.’
Amber: So the camera obscura is ‘an illicit, secret,little world’ for the children. If something is ‘illicit’ it is forbidden!
Next, a teacher involved in the project explains what thechildren learn from the camera obscura. She says it showshow a camera works – it is a way of bringing photography‘back to basics’ – of talking about the most importantor essential part of photography. Back to basics.
As you listen, try to catch the word for the opening in acamera that light travels through.
Project teacher‘They learn the magic of photography and light, and howsimple it is to view a photographic image. We’re so farremoved these days, just looking through a viewfinder andclicking a button – they don’t actually understand howcameras work. So this is a way of bringing photography backto basics and showing children that it’s just simply lighttravelling through an aperture.’
Amber: An ‘aperture’ is an opening in a camera or amicroscope, for example, that lets light pass through alens or mirror.
Now 20 children go inside their camera obscura where theywill see an image of their friends outside in theplayground - upside down and back to front! And we learnthe etymology – the origin or history - of the words‘camera obscura’.
Project teacher and children‘So, we’re inside a camera obscura. I’m going to shutthis door and it’s going to become completely blackinside. No light whatsoever. But, can you see all theseround things that you were looking at? They’re all lenses.
And some of them are open, and some of them are closed. OK?
And basically, what we’re going to do is, we’re going toshow you how a photographic image is produced naturally,just through a hole. Are you ready? …Does anyone know what ‘camera obscura’ means? In Latin,it means ‘dark room’ – the word‘camera’ means ‘room’ and ‘obscura’ means ‘dark’ -and we are standing in a dark room, aren’t we? Can you seethere’s an image on the bottom of the wall? It’s quiteblurry isn’t it? And now everyone look at the picture!’
Amber: Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?
The Michael Faraday School is in the middle of a largecouncil estate in South London. A council estate is acommunity of houses or flats built by the government andavailable at a reduced rent.
Two years ago, the nine-and-ten-year-old children at theschool worked with a local group of architects to designsome new playground equipment. And recently, the firstextraordinary piece arrived. It’s a huge camera obscura –a small, dark room into which an image of what is outsideis projected using a small hole, and sometimes a simplelens.
And this rather special camera obscura is made from arecycled grain silo – a silo is a tall tower used forstoring grain or cereal crop. So it’s extremely heavy!
Child and teacher‘We’re from Michael Faraday School and we’re watchingthe big camera obscura being delivered! And I’m worriedthat the playground is going to collapse!’
Amber: But it didn’t! And when all the camera obscura’ssubmarine-style hatches, or small doors, are closed, itprojects onto its walls a 360 degree image of theplayground, the school and the surrounding flats. When thedoors are open, it’s a kind of tree house you can climb upinto!
Here’s architect Clare Price talking about the idea forthe camera obscura which was ‘generated’, or created, bythe school children themselves. She says it wasa ‘strong’ idea – a strong idea is likely to besuccessful. And it seemed ‘to stick’
– it was memorable – and it ‘made a lot of sense’ – itwas a sensible idea! As you listen, try to catch what kindof ‘little world’ the camera obscura creates for thechildren.
Architect‘It was a very, very strong idea that was generated fromthe children – the idea for this tree house, because Ithink that they really liked the idea of rising up into anillicit, secret, little world that’s raised off theground. And gradually, we came up with the idea ofcombining a tree house with a camera obscura, and thatseemed to be an idea that seemed to stick and make a lot ofsense.’
Amber: So the camera obscura is ‘an illicit, secret,little world’ for the children. If something is ‘illicit’ it is forbidden!
Next, a teacher involved in the project explains what thechildren learn from the camera obscura. She says it showshow a camera works – it is a way of bringing photography‘back to basics’ – of talking about the most importantor essential part of photography. Back to basics.
As you listen, try to catch the word for the opening in acamera that light travels through.
Project teacher‘They learn the magic of photography and light, and howsimple it is to view a photographic image. We’re so farremoved these days, just looking through a viewfinder andclicking a button – they don’t actually understand howcameras work. So this is a way of bringing photography backto basics and showing children that it’s just simply lighttravelling through an aperture.’
Amber: An ‘aperture’ is an opening in a camera or amicroscope, for example, that lets light pass through alens or mirror.
Now 20 children go inside their camera obscura where theywill see an image of their friends outside in theplayground - upside down and back to front! And we learnthe etymology – the origin or history - of the words‘camera obscura’.
Project teacher and children‘So, we’re inside a camera obscura. I’m going to shutthis door and it’s going to become completely blackinside. No light whatsoever. But, can you see all theseround things that you were looking at? They’re all lenses.
And some of them are open, and some of them are closed. OK?
And basically, what we’re going to do is, we’re going toshow you how a photographic image is produced naturally,just through a hole. Are you ready? …Does anyone know what ‘camera obscura’ means? In Latin,it means ‘dark room’ – the word‘camera’ means ‘room’ and ‘obscura’ means ‘dark’ -and we are standing in a dark room, aren’t we? Can you seethere’s an image on the bottom of the wall? It’s quiteblurry isn’t it? And now everyone look at the picture!’
Amber: Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?
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