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Marlborough House – don’t be late!
A few weeks ago we toured the Grade-1 listed Marlborough House, home of the Commonwealth Secretariat & the Commonwealth Foundation, just off Pall Mall. Luckily we ran the short distance from Green Park tube, and I advise you to do the same if you think you are running late, as the tour guide (below), doing a […]
Inigo Jones: the architect who brought Italian Renaissance style to England
May 11, 2011
Inigo Jones (1573 – 1652) was a London-born architect who went as a young man to Europe on the traditional Grand Tour, and brought back the stylistic influences of Vitruvius (c. 75BC to c. 15BC) and Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580), which he incorporated into designs of his own. The style, known as Palladian, pays homage to Classical Greece and Rome, harmonious […]
Bloomsbury Bytes
- Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill @ Doughty St May 16, 2013
- In Search of Classical Greece April 3, 2013
- View of the week: UCL’s Institute of Making March 16, 2013
August 10, 2011
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