Nicholas Pevsner. A go-to name from my own student days. I did an hons degree in Art History---which included architecture and Museum studies. It is a strange feeling, when old family friends die, to feel that former worlds are passing away entire.
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I am asked, with a frequency I have come to find wearying, whether the events of my novels "really happened...
There is a peculiar sickness that has crept into historical fiction...
dropping seeds all over the place
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I remember as a child in the 60s going to Sir Nicholas's house. We were all impressed that he had underfloor heating. It was a rare thing in 1965 England. Presumably, he'd been inspired by the Romans.
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Nothing like a nice hypocaust.
Emily
"Nothing like a nice hypocaust." I think I just love you @Katie-Ellen Hazeldine 