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A.N. Wilson: The V&A’s Tristram Hunt is a modern Prince Albert

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

We don’t have Thanksgiving in Britain, but this does not stop us giving thanks and Christmas is a good time to do it. Last year, when I made a visit of farewell to the great medievalist Jeremy Catto, who was dying, his American partner of 57 years, John Wolfe, said that they always kept Thanksgiving.

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