HANSOM A CHANGE OF SCENERY

摘要

London's premier cultural attractions can't get out of central London quick enough, it seems. First it was the V&A signing up to an outpost in Stratford's Olympicopolis, then the National Ballet committed to a move to Docklands. Now the Science Museum has its eye on a major new building in the hitherto unfancied locale of Old Oak Common in the north-west of the capital. The Evening Standard was first with the news last week. But the Science Museum is stressing to anyone who'll listen, including its staff and my journalist, that talks are at a "preliminary stage" and it has other options lined up. In an email to staff, the Science Museum said to take the reports "with bags of salt".