English Buildings

In splendour In England in the dark month of February, we long for the sun and regularly comment on its appearance or non-appearance, and...

Have you got the scrolls? Very often when I do a post a reader or two makes a comment, or sends me an email, and one of the pleasures of ...

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

Tangled up in film Some people who know Taunton much better than I were surprised when I expressed admiration for the former cinema, or...

Red, orange, Strawberry I pass by lots of Georgian houses and often give them an admiring glance – their proportions, Classical details...

The antidote to beige Hanging around in Saffron Walden a few months ago, waiting for the Fry Gallery to open and some friends to turn u...

A different angle There is something satisfying about buildings that break away from the convention that determines that most of our hous...