On the contrary
Peregrine Worsthorne, at 90, on age, Thatcher, the public schools and the pleasure of annoying people
Criminal damage
Anyone with a passing interest in old British buildings must get angry at the horrors inflicted on our town centres…
Notes on… Motoring in Greece and Italy
‘Buy on the bullets’ is the cry of the most ruthless stockbrokers — invest just before a war, after the…
The essential vade-mecum
After Zorba the Greek, here comes Horace the Roman. The peasant Zorba, you’ll remember from the film, releases uptight, genteel…
Houghton revisited
When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…
Houghton revisited
When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…
Building on the past
London was an industrial city until remarkably recently. It seems extraordinary now, but Bankside Power Station was built in 1947,…
