My last Welsh post (for the time being) shows two views of Moel Eilio on January 2, morning and evening:-

A beautiful January morning:-

There’s snow on the hills:-

We walked down to the river:-

There is quite a bit to look forward to in 2025:-

January 21

There is a second screening at the Barbican of Stardust, the film about Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.

February

Jonathan Conlin’s new book about the National Gallery is due.

April

The new Frick opens with a new wing at the back and the whole reconfigured by Annabelle Selldorf.  It will be interesting to see how such a precious set of interiors has fared their renovation.  The public spaces can only be an improvement.

May 10

The Sainsbury Wing will re-open.

May 31

One half of V&A East – the Storehouse – will open. It should be a revelation of what the V&A holds in store, freely accessible.

October

Modern British Cities will be published by Lund Humphries, a big volume of essays edited by Simon Gunn, Peter Mandler and Otto Saumarez Smith.

October 28

Holly Smith’s first book, Up in the Air: A History of High Rise Britain will be published by Verso.

November

My book on Vanbrugh will appear: