Jonathan Meades

British architecture according to the Great Man school of history

Simon Jenkins seems excessively preoccupied with the flamboyant houses of the privileged, leaving his narrative tottering beneath the weight of gaudy swank

Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. [Getty Images] 
issue 07 December 2024
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