I walked round Burlington Gardens again this morning, admiring the cool monumentality of the connecting bridge, the views across the back yard and, best of all, the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries where the scaffolding has now been cleared, revealing the ironwork of the vaulted roof:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Burlington Gardens is going to be a triumph in many ways – architecturally (the brilliant David Chipperfield) and for the RA Collection. If the RA doesn’t pull in wonderful reviews, and Prizes, next year there will be no justice.