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Turning an old footbridge into a landmark structure New Civil Engineer - 21 November 2000
Old Vic tries to lure Al Pacino to London The Independent - 20 November 2000
Nunn 'not seeking' a second term at National Theatre The Independent - 20 November 2000


Chaucer's lusty energy and humour The Independent - 30 October 2000
London plan for tallest tower in Europe unveiled Sunday Telegraph - 29 October 2000
The truth is out there ... in SE1
Evening Standard - 19 October 2000
Riverbank tales to set London alight Evening Standard - 16 October 2000
Covered footbridge to span Thames Ananova - 14 October 2000s
Three ways to cure bridge wobble Evening Standard - 13 October 2000
My London: Zandra Rhodes Evening Standard - 12 October 2000 s
South Bank revamp inches forward Evening Standard - 11 October 2000
Diary of an estate agent Evening Standard - 10 October 2000
Theatre makes surprise cancellation Ananova - 9 October 2000
£105m owed to London council Evening Standard - 5 October 2000
Princess unveils hospital sculpture Ananova - 25 September 2000
Food & Drink: Borough Evening Standard - 20 September 2000
Literary Word's up for second year Evening Standard - 14 September 2000
New bridge without the wobble Evening Standard - 14 September 2000
The Word on the street Evening Standard -14 September 2000
New Bermondsey shows its Street cred Evening Standard - 12 September 2000
With a view to a change The Independent - 4 September 2000

Let me back on the river, Ken Evening Standard - 16 August 2000
Bouncing in step to the rhythm of time The Times - 15 August 2000
New bridge on hold as row grows Evening Standard - 9 August 2000
Y2K curse hits second bridge Evening Standard - 8 August 2000
Wobbly bridge work delayed Evening Standard - 1 August 2000
Architect of London's Royal Festival Hall dies CNN - 1 August 2000
Brooklyn cheer for Brit art scene Evening Standard - 1 August 2000
The bridge of silly walks Evening Standard - 31 July 2000
Spacey backs British theatre BBC News - 27 July 2000
Hollywood star seeks funding FT.com - 26 July 2000
Talks on wobbly bridge's future Evening Standard - 25 July 2000
Leader's anger over wobbly bridge Evening Standard - 21 July 2000
Globe chief fights for market Evening Standard - 21 July 2000
Walk the millennium way Evening Standard - 20 July 2000
The new towers of London Evening Standard - 19 July 2000
Shaken not sturdy The Guardian - 18 July 2000
Piano tunes into London Evening Standard - 18 July 2000
Get me to the bridge on time Evening Standard - 17 July 2000
All-girl choir is top of the pews Evening Standard - 12 July 2000
The fight for Borough Market Evening Standard - 12 July 2000
I'll man the bridge, says MP Evening Standard - 12 July 2000
Why derelict equals desirable Evening Standard - 11 July 2000
'Re-open the wobbly bridge' Evening Standard - 11 July 2000
Chance to live over the shop at Sainsbury's Evening Standard - 11 July 2000
London's wobbly bridge could be reopened to paying guests The Independent - 11 July 2000
Crossing fee for wobbly bridge Evening Standard - 10 July 2000
Open and shut case Evening Standard - 10 July 2000
Southwark - what the Dickens? Evening Standard - 10 July 2000
Trains hit the Borough Daily Telegraph - 8 July 2000
Bad vibrations New Scientist - 8 July 2000
Blimey! 17 Top London Attractions For as Little as $6/Day Frommers.com - 6 July 2000
London's wobbliest pub crawl Evening Standard - 5 July 2000
The return of fashion's pink lady Evening Standard - 3 July 2000
Red faces as honours are misspelt Ananova - 30 June 2000
Elephant & Bouncy Castle The Times - 29 June 2000
Designers back in step over bouncing millennium bridge The Guardian - 29 June 2000
Millennium Bridge to be closed for months Ananova - 28 June 2000
Swaying bridge mystery set to be solved Ananova - 28 June 2000
Major revamp for 'pink elephant' Evening Standard - 27 June 2000
London Bridge rail inquiry opens Evening Standard - 27 June 2000
Prize sheep take over on London Bridge Ananova - 27 June 2000
Foster to tackle ugly Elephant The Times - 27 June 2000
Bradman's £1bn green Elephant Sunday Times - 25 June 2000
Experts baffled over swaying Millennium Bridge Ananova - 24 June 2000
Wobble bridge: pedestrians blamed Evening Standard - 23 June 2000
Britain's most successful architect also designed its wobbliest bridge Sunday Times - 18 June 2000
Who pays the price of regeneration? The Independent - 17 June 2000
Ken throws party for key workers Evening Standard - 16 June 2000
Jubilee Line celebrates after troubled start The Guardian - 13 June 2000
After the dome and the wheel, millennium bug strikes again The Guardian - 13 June 2000
New Father Thames The Guardian - 13 June 2000
London's Millennium Bridge closes FT.com - 12 June 2000
London Closes New $30 Million Bridge Because It Sways ABC News - 12 June 2000
Swaying Millennium Bridge to close after two days The Guardian - 12 June 2000
Engineers admit problem over bridge The Guardian - 12 June 2000
Solution sought for swaying footbridge FT.com - 11 June 2000
New Millennium Bridge under scrutiny Evening Standard - 11 June 2000
Shake, wobble and roll as London bridge opens Sunday Times - 11 June 2000
A very British wobble Sunday Times - 11 June 2000
Penthouses back on top Sunday Times - 11 June 2000
Bridging modernity gap at a stroke The Guardian - 10 June 2000
The lottery's legacy The Guardian - 10 June 2000
Bridge of light dazzles London Evening Standard - 9 June 2000
Building a bridge to the art Evening Standard - 8 June 2000
Blade of light bridge dazzles all who gaze upon it Daily Telegraph - 8 June 2000
SE1's bridge to prosperity Evening Standard - 7 June 2000
An Eiffel in store for Londoners Evening Standard - 7 June 2000
Holocaust recalled, Queen opens permanent exhibition The Guardian - 7 June 2000
Bridge of Dreams The Times - 6 June 2000
Where form meets function Evening Standard - 6 June 2000
From bank to bank Sunday Times - 4 June 2000
Sainsbury eyes Canary Wharf HQ Sunday Telegraph - 4 June 2000
Building on old foundations The Observer - 4 June 2000
Midsummer Nights at the Globe Theater ABC News - 3 June 2000

Digging the dirt on London's past Christian Science Monitor - 31 May 2000
A mad, mad world The Guardian - 27 May 2000
Family favourites The Guardian - 27 May 2000
You may see the Elephant fly... The Times - 27 May 2000
Tate Modern's local Evening Standard - 26 May 2000
The projects in planning Evening Standard - 23 May 2000
Big developments for London Evening Standard - 23 May 2000
Camera shy but shooting to the top Sunday Telegraph - 21 May 2000
Livingstone set to reoccupy County Hall The Independent - 19 May 2000
Defending Sin on the South Bank Ananova - 15 May 2000
Dean rejects critics of Southwark's 'swearing Jesus' Mystery play Sunday Telegraph - 14 May 2000
Date set for children's theatre Ananova - 12 May 2000
Elephant & Castle plans unveiled Evening Standard - 12 May 2000
Riverside Renaissance Find a Property - 11 May 2000
New way to walk the Thames The Times - 10 May 2000
Tate? Lend us a cup of sugar then The Times - 10 May 2000
London link: Queen opens Millennium Bridge The Guardian - 10 May 2000
A bridge not far enough wins royal dedication Daily Telegraph - 10 May 2000
Queen meets new mayor Ken Evening Standard - 9 May 2000
Sci-fi bridge looks to the future BBC News - 9 May 2000
Queen dedicates unfinished Millennium Bridge Ananova - 9 May 2000
Germans wax lyrical over horrors of the Dungeon Evening Standard - 9 May 2000
Thames spectacular as Queen dedicates millennium bridge Ananova - 9 May 2000
Queen unveils London's latest bridge BBC World Service - 9 May 2000
Norman Foster: Building the future BBC News - 9 May 2000
Queen dedicates Millennium Bridge BBC News - 9 May 2000
Queen opens Millennium bridge ITN Online - 9 May 2000
Go See ... The Millennium Bridge The Observer - 7 May 2000
London Calling The Sunday Times - 7 May 2000
50 Best Places to Grab a Bite The Indpendent - 6 May 2000
Stroke of genius The Guardian - 6 May 2000
From penthouse to parking, the south side is sunnier Daily Telegraph - 6 May 2000
Queen to open bridge that no one can cross Daily Telegraph - 5 May 2000
Millennium footbridge cost soars Evening Standard - 4 May 2000


New Thames bridge takes shape Ananova - 30 April 2000
Sainsbury's looks at sale of headquarters The Independent - 29 April 2000
Designer scuppers Eye replica plans BBC News - 28 April 2000
Stars with designs on architects Evening Standard - 28 April�2000
Tas the way to do it Evening Standard - 28 April 2000
Cynthia's Bridge Bar and Lounge Evening Standard - 28 April 2000
The Founders Arms Evening Standard - 28 April 2000
Towering feeling of boredom Evening Standard - 28 April 2000
Guys nurses celebrated in bronze Evening Standard - 26 April 2000
Capital sights of London town Evening Standard - 25 April 2000
Weekend Media: The Bishop of Southwark The Times - 21 April 2000
Doing the Lambeth walk Evening Standard - 21 April 2000
Southpoint gets the green light The Times - 17 April 2000
'Glass cancer' strikes at Imax Evening Standard - 17 April 2000
The transformation of winemaking Daily Telegraph - 15 April 2000
London Eye copycats ruled out Evening Standard - 13 April 2000
Save us from height of bad taste Evening Standard - 12 April 2000
London Eye sells million tickets Evening Standard - 11 April 2000
New Tower of London £600m landmark proposed The Guardian - 11 April 2000
Single-minded around town Evening Standard - 11 April 2000
Sellar plan for 87-floor giant Daily Telegraph - 10 April 2000
£600m skyscraper plan unveiled Evening Standard - 10 April 2000
Skyscraper planned for central London BBC News - 10 April 2000
London Eye touts cash in Evening Standard - 10 April 2000
The cathedral of cool The Observer - 9 April 2000
The power and the glory The Guardian - 8 April 2000
All powered up Daily Telegraph - 8 April 2000
Zandra: this is where I'm at Daily Telegraph - 8 April 2000
Bankside Tate to be a powerhouse of modern art Daily Telegraph - 7 April 2000
'Brains are the new pashminas' Evening Standard - 6 April 2000
Over the River to a New London New York Times - 2 April 2000
Fish man's bones of contention Daily Telegraph - 1 April 2000

Eye-opener at night Evening Standard - 31 March 2000
The sympathetic modernist Daily Telegraph - 31 March 2000
Archbishop's home goes public BBC News - 30 March 2000
Tower Bridge overhaul The Times - 29 March 2000
Dance troupe takes bold step The Guardian - 29 March 2000
The next big adventure The Guardian - 29 March 2000
Kramer attacks Dobson over £12m flats plan Evening Standard - 28 March 2000
Stop buying soft soap The Guardian - 27 March 2000
Shell to redevelop tower Evening Standard - 27 March 2000
Art parties are hot tickets The Observer - 26 March 2000
Artistic powerhouse Daily Telegraph - 25 March 2000
Revealed: rows behind new Tate The Guardian - 25 March 2000
Dinosaur with plenty of roar Evening Standard - 23 March 2000
An eye for the bigger picture The Independent - 21 March 2000
A Sneak Preview The Independent 20 March 2000
Brindisa Evening Standard - 20 March 2000
Art and power The Observer - 19 March 2000
Guardian sponsors Tate Modern launch The Guardian - 18 March 2000
Work begins on mayor's HQ BBC News - 17 March 2000
The place to be seen The Guardian - 15 March 2000
Just about fine at the Vine Evening Standard - 10 March 2000
Fear of the truth (Simon Hughes) The Guardian - 8 March 2000
Wheel and Dome to offer joint trips Evening Standard - 8 March 2000
Scientists angered by 'arts mafia' influence The Guardian - 6 March 2000
BA reportedly mulling IPO of London Eye CBS MarketWatch - 5 March 2000
It's all Pollocks if you ask me, guv The Independent - 5 March 2000


Wheel you marry me? Evening Standard - 29 February 2000
Thames frogs hop into action BBC News - 28 February 2000
London Eye is about to open; officials confident the tourist attraction will lose 'wheel of misfortune' nickname CBC News - 27 February 2000
3 minute guide: Millennium mile The Guardian - 26 February 2000
Tales from the capital's riverbank The Independent - 21 February 2000
London Eye rewrites history for millennium Evening Standard - 21 February 2000
Thames links The Guardian - 19 February 2000
Green vision for South Bank The Guardian - 18 February 2000
South Bank sails into the future Evening Standard - 17 February 2000
Dome v Wheel: How London's new titans square up BBC News - 2 February 2000
The end of our great old city Evening Standard - 15 February 2000
Historic London area gets new vision Financial Times - 9 February 2000
New Tate will be free, but Smith backtracks on others The Independent - 9 February 2000
Smith pledge on free entry to new Tate The Guardian - 9 February 2000
Entry to Tate's new modern art gallery is free Daily Telegraph - 9 February 2000
Thoroughly modern Tate BBC News - 8 February 2000
Scaled down for the encore The Independent - 5 February 2000
Actors lead in Globe homage to the Bard Daily Telegraph - 4 February 2000
Putting us in the picture The Guardian - 3 February 2000
London Eye begins its millennium revolution The Guardian - 2 February 2000
Poetry in motion and an eyeful of London from above The Independent - 2 February 2000
The high that London deserves Evening Standard - 2 February 2000
First by day, now by night Evening Standard - 2 February 2000
First view as the Wheel finally turns Evening Standard - 1 February 2000
Wheel delights passengers BBC News - 1 February 2000

Don't bulldoze our heritage! Evening Standard - 27 January 2000
Georgian houses under threat Evening Standard - 27 January 2000
Unsubsidised Globe makes £800,000 Daily Telegraph - 19 January 2000
All stations lead to Rome The Guardian - 17 January 2000
How Harry got lucky in lofts Evening Standard - 18 January 2000
Springtime in Southwark About.com - 12 January 2000
A return to Victorian values The Observer - 9 January 2000
Millennium Wheel capsules checked BBC News - 8 January 2000
Journey to ancient Egypt Evening Standard - 4 January 2000
South Bank on show The Times - 1 January 2000
Did you know? The Times - 1 January 2000
Queen remembers the homeless BBC News - 1 January 2000
'River of fire' dubbed a flop BBC News - 1 January 2000

Beacons blaze across UK BBC News - 31 December 1999
Laser spins millennium wheel BBC News - 31 December 1999
No spin required The Guardian - 30 December 1999
A marriage made in heaven The Guardian - 21 December 1999
Wedding plans at millennium wheel BBC News - 19 December 1999
Barnstormers The Observer - 11 December 1999
Labour to ditch free museums promise Independent on Sunday - 5 December 1999
Tate buys Mondrian for £2m The Guardian - 4 December 1999

Canon 'sacked his kapellmeister' The Guardian - 30 November 1999
Why visit the Tate when you can gaze at the Tube? The Guardian - 29 November 1999
Royals to look in on homeless The Guardian - 24 November 1999
Jubilee Line finally opens BBC News - 20 November 1999
Constable's arresting ghost stories Evening Standard - 18 November 1999
Roboflop: Cynthia's Cyberbar The Independent - 6 November 1999
Jubilation: East to West in an hour Evening Standard - 4 November 1999
Lib Dem MP under police guard The Independent - 1 November 1999

Good wheel to all men The Observer - 17 October 1999
Snap Judgements The Guardian - 16 October 1999
Planning a fashionable Southwark Evening Standard - 12 October 1999
Curious Collection of treasures Evening Standard - 8 October 1999
Tate names new galleries Evening Standard - 6 October 1999

South Thames Property Factfile Evening Standard - 28 September 1999
Pilgrims like us The Guardian - 9 September 1999

Hot Spot - Southwark and Borough Independent on Sunday - 21 August 1999