Photo: UK Parliament, via TwitterĬan’t spot it? We’ll help you out: Big Ben’s (yes, I know that’s the name of the bell, but sue me) clock face had been painted black since the 1930s, but the restoration work has transformed the Great Clock back to the original Victorian blue and gold colour scheme. Today, we got our first look at the clock face, and there’s been a subtle but significant change. Though we were all pretty miffed at this – myself especially, who’d moved to London only two days earlier and felt personally victimised – the four-year restoration project will have the clock looking spiffy in no time. In August 2017, Big Ben chimed midday, and promptly fell silent for the next four years (barring special events like New Year’s Eve and Armistice Day).
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