Provenance in Architecture (3)
I opened my summer edition of King’s Parade, the magazine for people who attended King’s, to find an entirely unexpected recommendation of the excellent so-called Dictionary, really a volume of short essays, on Provenance in Architecture, to which I contributed an entry on ‘Craft’. Summer reading…..
Fromond’s Chantry
My nephew, George, was married in Fromond’s Chantry today: a most beautiful and unspoilt medieval holy place immediately to the south of Winchester College’s Chamber Court. We approached from the south:- The cloister is beautifully well preserved:- The roof is like an upturned boat:- This is the view through to where we were parked, next…
Sir Christopher Ondaatje (2)
I have been working on an obituary of Christopher Ondaatje, which has now appeared:- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/07/sir-christopher-ondaatje-obituary
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