St Paul's Restored

It's taken 15 years and £40m to spruce up Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece St Paul's Cathedral for its 300th birthday, which is this year. The scaffolding has finally been removed. This once-begrimed Stone Cherub has emerged from its London filth. (Prior to the Clean Air Act 1968, killer smogs in London had become so bad that bus conductors had to walk in front of their buses holding flares!) Never before has a comprehensive restoration of both the interior and exterior of the cathedral been undertaken. Click the title link for a BBC News slide show of the painstaking work involved. CLICK for video.