Archive for News and Previews (past)

Soundings from the Thames Estuary »

July 11th, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

 
ON 11 July 2008, I participated in a debate at Tate Modern, organised as part of the London Festival of Architecture, and connected to Soundings from the Estuary», a multi-media project by the photographer Frank Watson, Germander Speedwell (words) and Dave Lawrence (sounds). The  conversation emphasised the importance of defending the Thames estuary against the helicopter-eyed view that this far […]

Are the Ming Tombs really in Wangford, Suffolk? A talk on Stanley Spencer’s visit to China. »

July 2nd, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

‘Hallaig’ - a film about Sorley Maclean’s Raasay and a discussion with Sir Harrison Birtwistle at the Aldeburgh Festival »

June 27th, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

English Takeaway - reflections on the Anglo-Chinese encounter »

June 19th, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

Nostalgia and the Shapes of History »

June 13th, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

Iron Curtain at the Hay Festival »

May 30th, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

1968: where have all the thinkers gone? »

May 20th, 2008 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

Iron Curtain: From Stage to Cold War »

October 25th, 2007 | Posted in: News and Previews (past)

A new book, published by Oxford University Press, 25 October 2007.

‘Redeeming the Makeshift’ - on David Spero’s photographs of Churches »

October 7th, 2007 | Posted in: News and Previews (past), Articles in Books

An appreciative afterword published in David Spero, Churches, London: SteidlMACK, October 2007.