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Reference WMO/152726

Address:

Broadcasting House

Portland Place

London

W1A 1AA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Lamp or Lighting
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • 20th Century Wars
  • 21st Century Wars
About the memorial: A memorial to reporting staff killed in the line of duty. 10 metre high inverted glass spire rising from the seventh floor roof of the new Broadcasting House building. During the hours of darkness the cone is gently lit so that it glows. Every day, coinciding with the 10 o'clock news bulletin, a fine beam of light will project from its base approximately 900 metres into the night sky.
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Life turns and turns on the crystal glass/ breathing in our body/ silence is a voice, our voice/ silence is a body, our body/ life turns and turns on the crystal glass/ breathing in our body/ I invite you to breathe/ I invite you to listen to the silence

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