I very rarely go to the Hayward, but when I do, I love it. I think I like it so much possibly because I see it so rarely, and I’ve just seen excellent exhibitions.

Last year I saw the Gormley and I really enjoyed it. This year I went to see the Psycho Buildings exhibition which I thought was generally excellent but really far too expensive.

Also, one of the exhibits was closed (the boating lake) and they offered no discount or anything. I felt this was quite shabby on behalf of the Hayward, particulary in light of the limited number of exhibits (as most are so large they take up a lot of space each).

The ‘lottery’ system to get on the top part of the big plastic bubble I also thought was not especially great, again because of the closed exhibit and the fact that there were not many people when I went (mid-week morning), and everythere could feasibly have queued for it. I’m glad I got to go on it, because it was definitely the best thing in the whole exhibition despite the jobsworthy bloke doing the ‘lottery’ and the miserable woman in the bubble itself.

If my job was to lie on a cloub above London in glorious sunshine and say ‘don’t go too close to the edges’ I would be BESIDE MYSELF with glee. The woman who actually does it needs to appreciate what a great job she has and not be such a miserable bitch about it because she is arguably ruining the exhibit for everyone who has paid £10 to see it! AGH!

The gallery itself is part of the South Bank Centre and is testament to 1950’s architecture, which is both ugly and intriguing. Standing on one of the balconies and peering over the edge reminded me of Oblivion at Alton Towers. The views over London from the gallery’s outdoor spaces are fantastic, and Gormley’s bronze men were a brilliant bit of site-specific work which illuminated this area of London beautifully.