I regularly cycle over Blackfriars Bridge on my way to work, so when I saw an exhibition in which the winner’s work will be enlarged and exhibited on large hoardings over the bridge while a new railway station is built, I felt like it had my name on it. My drawing of the London skyline above is one of the 100 shortlisted works going on show at the Bankside Gallery, next to Tate Modern, next week (details 这里).
This view of London makes it look as if it has been built in the last ten years (and lots of it has), but this is actually one of the oldest parts of the city, and the venerable old Tower of London is just out of view to the right. It’s one of the things I love about London: it’s ancient, and yet modern.