The campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry has entered a new phase, demonstrating how, if kept as a proper working Foundry, not just a tourist attraction attached to a boutique hotel, it can work with local artists on bell-related projects. What could be a better way to celebrate the easing of lockdown than for Robert Jenrick, the Minister responsible, to announce the salvation of the Bell Foundry and the repudiation of its development as a redundant luxury hotel ? Then, Big Ben and church bells throughout the country can ring out in celebration.
