The Romance of Classicism
I went to the second launch of my nephew George’s book, The Romance of Classicism, in which he talked about his work as a designer of new country houses in a self consciously Palladian style, but with an occasional dash of Soane. I kept on thinking of a famous article by Howard Colvin on ‘Gothic…
Jock McFadyen (2)
I finally made it to Jock McFadyen’s beautiful, but eerie exhibition of aspects of the London underground, accompanied by a sound track by Jem Finer of The Pogues. They go well together, real, but surreal, recorded from life, but demonstrating the essential strangeness of it all. Here is Aldgate East:- Next door are some of…
