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1) Nicknames for the building with its workings on the outside are the gerbil cage and the cruise liner. It reopened in 2000 after a two year refurb to the sounds of seagulls and fog horns in recognition of this.
2) Holly Goodhead’s office at Drax’s space-shuttle plant in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979) was actually a fifth floor room of the Pompidou Centre.
3) President Obama and family visited in 2009. They were greeted by street performers who held up a painting of Barak. Here’s a video of how the painting was done:
Born in Belfast and now living in London, Julie McNamee is involved in internet marketing as a day job and blogging as a hobby. She’s interested in all things quirky and Fortean, as well as art, photography and theatre. Her blog Quirky Travel, specializes in London and Paris top tips and off the beaten path information with subjects such as London film locations and unusual Paris museums.
