<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.3.2">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/tag/society/feed/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-05-13T14:06:51+00:00</updated><id>https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/tag/society/feed/index.xml</id><title type="html">Gravitystorm Blog</title><author><name>Andy Allan</name></author><entry><title type="html">Heron Tower</title><link href="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/2009/10/29/heron-tower/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Heron Tower" /><published>2009-10-29T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/2009/10/29/heron-tower</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/2009/10/29/heron-tower/"><![CDATA[<p>I like how this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron_Tower">giant skyscraper</a> - going to be taller than the adjacent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_42">Tower 42</a>, and taller even than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Canada_Square">One Canada Square</a> in Canary Wharf, is slowly inching its way skywards. I wonder whether people will only really notice it when it becomes higher than Tower 42?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gravitystorm/4054782391/" title="Heron Tower by gravitystorm, on Flickr"><img src="/assets/blog/2009/10/4054782391_53ff22a2fc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Heron Tower" /></a></p>
<p>But it won't be the tallest for long, there's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_London_Bridge">even taller buildings</a> in central London on the way.</p>]]></content><author><name>Andy Allan</name></author><category term="Photography" /><category term="Society" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I like how this giant skyscraper - going to be taller than the adjacent Tower 42, and taller even than One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, is slowly inching its way skywards. I wonder whether people will only really notice it when it becomes higher than Tower 42? But it won't be the tallest for long, there's even taller buildings in central London on the way.]]></summary></entry></feed>