English Buildings

Illustrations of the month: Servants’ Hall A good browse in a favourite secondhand bookshop the other day threw up a small surprise. I wa...

Illustration of the month: by S R Badmin A post about the illustrator S R Badmin by Peter Ashley of Unmitigated England reminded me th...

Build it new: Illustrations of the month Edward Bawden (1903–89) is probably one of the best loved of British illustrators. His work, f...

The Scythe-Smith: Illustration of the month During World War II being a war artist was not necessarily a safe or easy option. One of th...

Green and gleaming: Illustration of the month ‘Have you seen how “VITROLITE” has brightened the bathrooms at the Savoy Hotel London?’ Tha...

Line and liveliness: Illustration of the month This month’s illustration is by Barbara Jones (1912–78), one of my favourite illustrators,...

Primal light: Illustration of the month My illustration this month comes from a book published in 1921, Highways and Byways in Sussex ,...

The going down of the sun: Illustrations of the month I have to say I was only vaguely aware of the illustrator John Mansbridge before ...

London Night and Day: Illustration of the Month In contrast to my illustration last month , this month’s offering is from a well known...

The Tower, the beach, and the park: Illustrations of the Month The phone rings. It is the Resident Wise Woman, calling me from a char...

Winter Morning in the Farmyard…Illustration of the month This month’s illustration is a farmyard scene by Stephen Bone, painted in 1936. ...

On the water, by the shore…Illustration of the month Here’s a new idea, new for the English Buildings blog, at least. When not looking ...