Category: England
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A History of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660
A meander through the history of British Architecture: Tudor and Early Stuart 1540 to 1660
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A History of British Architecture: Dissolution, Civil War, Empire and the Making of British Exceptionalism
A meander through the history of British Architecture. Some thoughts on what informs the ideological framework which explains all the subsequent architectural development.
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A History of British Architecture: Gothic Britain c. 1150 to 1540
A meander through the history of British Architecture by era. Part 5 The Gothic.
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Cymbeline: Shakespeare and the Search for National Identity
A diversion in which we examine Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and its commentary on the conception of British nationhood.
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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.
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Swive at the Sam Wannamaker Playhouse review ****
Swive Sam Wannamaker Playhouse, 3rd February 2020 I am very partial to the work of Ella Hickson. Precious Little Talent, Boys, Oil, The Writer, ANNA, all have met their, expansive, ambition. Splendid theatre with something powerful to say. With Swive she has collaborated with director Natalie Abrahami, (who marshalled cast…
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A Kind of People at the Royal Court Theatre review ****
A Kind of People Royal Court Downstairs, 16th December 2019 Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti was a new playwriting name for me. No longer. A Kind of People takes a not uncommon subject, racism in contemporary Britain, and not uncommon set-ups, a mixed race marriage, friendships, a party, a workplace, and conjures…
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 