‘Modesty has never been an architectural virtue,’ wrote Charles Jencks (1939-2019), one of many asides in the slim booklet The Cosmic House, which describes the building of that name a few minutes from Holland Park tube station in London. The … Continue reading Bizzarechitecture: the future?
My ingredients for a perfect day out, in no particular order, are historic buildings and gardens, bookshops and tea shops. The town of Alnwick in Northumberland offers all these and more. Alnwick Castle has been in the hands of the … Continue reading A Perfect Day in Alnwick
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You could say that we had a whale of a time when we returned to Hull for a weekend in June.? Which would give us something in common with Herman Melville, the… Continue reading Back to Hull
Heritage Weekends 