{"id":76210,"date":"2023-01-06T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=76210"},"modified":"2023-01-05T09:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:19:35","slug":"this-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/01\/06\/this-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the most interesting roof in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q3LuZeekVX4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Sep 2022<\/p>\n<p>The @Royal Albert Hall is 150 years old; the roof is 600 tonnes of glass and steel. And it turns out that there&#8217;s a terrifying technicians&#8217; trampoline, acoustic-dampening mushrooms, and a complete lack of connections.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone at the Royal Albert Hall: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalalberthall.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.royalalberthall.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera by Jamie MacLeod <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamiemacleod.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.jamiemacleod.co.uk\/<\/a><br \/>\nAerial operations by Phil Conrad and Freddie Conrad from Photodrones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photodrones.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.photodrones.com<\/a><br \/>\nEdited by Taran van Hemert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/taranvh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/taranvh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(The Royal Albert Hall is within the Hyde Park no-fly-zone. Drone operations were specially permitted and approved by the aviation authorities.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and on Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-09-18-50-This-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-London-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-09-18-50-This-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-London-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-79125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-09-18-50-This-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-London-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-09-18-50-This-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-London-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-09-18-50-This-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-London-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-09-18-50-This-is-the-most-interesting-roof-in-London-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 5 Sep 2022 The @Royal Albert Hall is 150 years old; the roof is 600 tonnes of glass and steel. 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