views about architecture. But there's modern stuff I like. The Gherkin, the Lloyd's Building, even the Shard - despite the nagging feeling I get that Nazgûl should be roosting at the top. But the truth is that in the case of One Hyde Park my boy Sir Roger was definitely just putting in the hours for the pay check. It's not ugly as such...it's just not anything in particular." - Meaning and context.">
Chapter 1, "One of Sir Roger's Lesser Works" (p. 5)
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Now, I have - as Beverley says - views about architecture. But there's modern stuff I like. The Gherkin, the Lloyd's Building, even the Shard - despite the nagging feeling I get that Nazgûl should be roosting at the top. But the truth is that in the case of One Hyde Park my boy Sir Roger was definitely just putting in the hours for the pay check. It's not ugly as such...it's just not anything in particular.

— Ben Aaronovitch

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Now, I have - as Beverley says - views about architecture. But there's modern stuff I like. The Gherkin, the Lloyd's Building, even the Shard - despite the nagging feeling I get that Nazgûl should be roosting at the top. But the truth is that in the case of One Hyde Park my boy Sir Roger was definitely just putting in the hours for the pay check. It's not ugly as such...it's just not anything in particular." in the context of "Chapter 1, "One of Sir Roger's Lesser Works" (p. 5)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ben Aaronovitch

About Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.