Flash: London arts centre goes up in flames
mainThe Battersea Arts Centre is on fire this afternoon. More here. BAC has tweeted that all staff and visitors are safe.
photo: Tom Dutton/ES
UPDATE: The back of the building has collapsed.
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Perhaps it’s the gods pointing out where Sir Simon’s concert hall should be built.
oh dear. I think this used to be Battersea Town Hall when I lived in Wandsworth? Have read good things about its activities.
Let us not forget that “Jerry Springer, the opera” was premiered here.