Diego Rivera paintings

Diego Rivera paintings
Don Li-Leger paintings
Among Londoners, the 443ft wheel has developed a reputation for suddenly appearing in vision from around the city, from points as scattered as Whitehall, the Elephant and Castle, Greenwich Park and the West Way in Kensington. “It just pops up into the horizon when you are not expecting it,” said Heather Burton, who works in the Eye’s press office. “I quite often see it just driving around Dulwich.” Peter Ackroyd, author of London: The Biography, enjoys viewing it from afar. “I like it from a distance where you just see a curve above the rooftops,” he said. “It is universally liked. I hope it remains a permanent landmark