THE TIMES

Can you believe THE TIMES?

Last week on Friday June 29th The Times said in a leader that "the new RAF Bomber Command Memorial was unveiled by the Queen in Hyde Park".

Elsewhere in the same issue it mentioned "the memorial site at Green Park". (Green Park is a tube station).

In fact the new RAF Bomber Command Memorial is in The Green Park. Fortunately the Queen knew this.

So you definitely cannot believe THE TIMES.

Any other examples to share?

What on Earth were you reading the Times for?

The memorial's great. The figures 'accessories' are made as seperate pieces and attached so there's much more detail than you could get with the usual casting.

Were the flags the right way round?

They were, and even better City Hall now has three amazingly clean and bright flags flying from its flagpoles!!!

Its a shame City Hall itself is not clean and bright. The aluminium frames around the windows are filthy. The maintenance people clean the glass but thats it!
Hope the Mayor does something about it before the Olympics.

Michael Place wrote:

Can you believe THE TIMES?
Last week on Friday June 29th The Times said in a leader that "the new RAF Bomber Command Memorial was unveiled by the Queen in Hyde Park".

Elsewhere in the same issue it mentioned "the memorial site at Green Park". (Green Park is a tube station).

In fact the new RAF Bomber Command Memorial is in The Green Park. Fortunately the Queen knew this.

So you definitely cannot believe THE TIMES.

Any other examples to share?

Unsure of your point here Michael, Green Park is indeed a tube station, but the memorial IS is in Green Park, which is bounded by Queens Walk, Piccadilly, and Constitution Hill.
I'm not trying to be pedantic, but to most Londoners Green Park is the park first, the station second I think.

I think Michael's point was about the word 'the' being missing.

according to 'The Royal Parks' website http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/green-park/ there is no article 'the' infront of it.

I rarely believe newspapers - especially Times.

[edit to add] - I've read this section of The Royal Parks website, and actually there seems to be a lack of continuity - sometimes it's written as 'The Green Park', and sometimes just as 'Green Park', there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer as to if the definite article 'The' should be there or not!

Regent's Park is "officially" The Regent's Park, but I'd expect to get a funny look if I called it that. The same applies to Green Park.

Here is the reply to my enquiry to the Ordnance Survey:

"Just for reference here are all the Royal Parks in London:
St James’s Park
The Green Park
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Richmond Park
Greenwich Park
The Regent’s Park
Bushy Park"