Downstream

with spiked bars at the
windows giving it a Bastille-
like air, flanked by
restaurants and bars, while
down at the waterside an old
boat is dwarfed by a huge
glass building housing a
bank. The Museum opened in
2003 and tells the history of
the Thames and Docklands
with twelve galleries spread
over four floors. I walk
around looking at artefacts,
models and pictures, an