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A History of British Architecture: Roman Britain 43AD to 410AD

A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 2 Roma Britain.

April 18, 2026
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A History of British Architecture: Prehistoric Britain c.3800 BCE to 43 AD

A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 1 Prehistoric Britain.

April 18, 2026
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Listen to Me

Just before I set off. I apologise for this. I get wound up by the start of the world. So I needed to get this off my chest. Feel free to ignore. I know I would if this was put in front of me. A Manifesto for Dignity, Democracy and…

April 17, 2026
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What is art? … according to me and my new mate Claude

17th April 2026 Preamble It’s been a few years since I took this blog seriously. It started as a way of recording and illuminating my own cultural life. Following quasi retirement and concomitant dormancy. It branched out a bit. But it all got a bit much to maintain. And Covid…

April 17, 2026
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The Line and the Circle

Two formal languages run through the whole of British architectural history, and the tension between them is the engine of everything worth discussing.

April 17, 2026
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Medea @sohoplace theatre review *****

Medea @sohoplace, 17thh March 2023 April 431 BCE. Day 5. City Dionysia. Athens. Aeschylus’s boy Euphorion has already paraded his dramatic wares as has arch-rival (and more successful) Sophocles. Euripides rocks up with his 3 tragedies, Dictys (no, me neither), Philoctetes (misanthropic soldier, later a winning tale for Sophocles) and,…

March 21, 2023
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Catching up (Part 7)

July 2021 Out West – The Overseas Student – Blue Water and Cold and Fresh – Go, Girl – Lyric Hammersmith – 7th July – ***** Rachel O’Riordan, the AD at the Lyric Hammersmith, might be as good if not better at programming plays as she is directing herself. And…

January 31, 2023
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Catching up (Part 6)

June 2021 Oleanna – Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath – 28th June – ***** Finally an opportunity to scratch that travel itch. The SO was forced to drive the Tourist around some of the loveliest parts of Northern England in early June, but the attractions were almost entirely architectural and…

November 28, 2021
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Catching up (Part 5)

May 2021 La Clemenza di Tito – Royal Opera House – 18th May – *** First live event out of the block in 2021. A visit to the socially distanced ROH with BUD to see La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart.s late opera, from 1791, with libretto from by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro…

November 21, 2021
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Catching up (Part 4)

January 2021 to April 2021 The novelty of digital entertainment by now very much worn off but, fortunately, there were plenty of other worthwhile distractions (the return of birdwatching after four decades perhaps the most surprising) for the Tourist to mask the lack of live cultural stimulation. (And travel, which…

November 10, 2021

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