‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
In Church Going: A Stonemason’s Guide to the Churches of the British Isles, Andrew Ziminski deconstructs the humble parish church.
Architecture
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
Once Rome’s main artery south, for centuries the Via Appia has been taken as proof of Roman greatness.
Sancta Sophia Collapses
Disaster struck on the morning of 7 May 558, when repair works to the Sancta Sophia caused it to collapse.
Death from Above
In 1917 the roof of Westminster Hall was on the brink of collapse; death-watch beetles had bored through it.
Licence to Crenellate
Power, function and myth have always jostled on the battlements.
Organisation Todt
‘Hitler’s architect’ Albert Speer denied all responsibility for the ruthless exploitation of millions of slave labourers. Yet he was head of a bureaucratic machine that did just that.
Should Hagia Sophia be a Museum or Mosque?
Whether a museum or mosque, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has been a monument to selective readings of Turkey’s history.
Foreign Stones
The European sculptors behind England’s church memorials.
Safe as Houses?
The Gowers Report of 1950 was the first step in the postwar rescue of Britain’s country house heritage.
Sticks and Stones
The skills of the stone mason align with language to document a 30-year love affair with stone.