EDUCATING ALBERT

The Independent - London | February 25, 1995| | Copyright

The conductor on the Number 9 bus thinks I am mad. "Albert Hall? You don't know what the Albert Hall is?" I try to explain to him that I just want to know which stop to get off at, but he goes on regardless. "The Albert Hall, it's like this. You know." He puts his hands together and then slowly draws a vast mushroom cloud in a sort of spacious bear- hug. "It's like that."

The Royal Albert Hall isn't really a hall. It's a monument. A cultural icon. A landmark. A "masterpiece of Victorian design". Who would think of demonstrating the shape of the Royal Festival Hall or the National Gallery? ...

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