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  • Somerset House: London’s Grand Old Dame of Art, Ice Rinks and Secret Tunnels

    Somerset House: London’s Grand Old Dame of Art, Ice Rinks and Secret Tunnels

    Few buildings in London pull off a reinvention quite like Somerset House. Originally a palatial riverside mansion, then a warren of government offices, and now a cultural powerhouse with an ice rink, a fountain-filled courtyard, and hidden tunnels that whisper of Tudor ghosts—this grand old dame has seen it all. If walls could talk, Somerset…