Last night we went to the opening of Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s beautiful and unexpectedly moving exhibition of ‘The Lost Gardens of London’: so many gardens which, for obvious reasons, are unknown; most especially, the number of gardens and squares round Euston which have disappeared as a result of HS2, unlamented and apparently unprotested because it is a poor neighbourhood.

The exhibition has been beautifully designed by Jamie Fobert with strong colours (Papers and Paints) to provide the backdrop; and a wonderful deliberate mix of material – paintings, maps, photographs, even a photograph of the now happily forgotten mount at Marble Arch, one of the great follies of our time.

Highly recommended !