In the 60th anniversary year of the Festival, Ms Kelly hopes to find what remains of Skylon. "It's like the Loch Ness monster - every so often there are supposed sightings but nobody really knows ...

The Skylon was illuminated at night on the South Bank The centrepiece of the Festival of Britain in 1951 is set to be the inspiration for artwork at the entrance to Hereford's new enterprise zone.

Skeptics of this Labour government-led festival crowed that The Skylon's spidery cables-for-legs were "Just like modern Britain — no visible means of support". There were also (well-founded ...

If the Festival of Britain succeeds in strengthening the ties of the peace ... THE EXHIBITION SHOWPIECE Outside, and blending magnificently with the Dome in scale and shape, is the Skylon. This is the ...

London's Southbank is to be transformed with a modern restaging of the Festival of Britain to mark the event's 60th anniversary Credit: GETTY IMAGES The original 1951 exhibition was attended by ...

The Skylon A functionless structure in the shape ... Spidery furniture The Festival of Britain bred its own kind of officially promoted furniture: amoeboid tables, chairs, plant stands and ...

Despite the success of the 1951 Festival of Britain, most of its attractions were dismantled. Skylon was towed down the river to a scrap yard. But the Royal Festival Hall remains, alongside concert ...

Sites linked to the Festival of Britain have been given further protection ... which was the largest dome of its kind in the world, and the Skylon were among the structures created The festival ...

The Skylon, a cigar-shaped spire suspended in ... Despite my slightly tainted memories of its remains, the Festival of Britain is now remembered as a blast of optimism, a Tonic for the Nation ...

A view of the 300-foot-tall (91 meters) Skylon and the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain in 1951. (Courtesy Bernard William Lee, Wikipedia Commons) Harwood highlights many other ...

The Skylon was illuminated at night on the South Bank The centrepiece of the Festival of Britain in 1951 is set to be the inspiration for artwork at the entrance to Hereford's new enterprise zone.