Notes on … Christmas shopping in Bruges
Most Belgians of my acquaintance tend to be rather disparaging about Bruges. It’s a theme park, they say, a Flemish…
The false paradise of Metroland
William Cook has moved to Metroland. He contemplates John Betjeman’s vision of it
Henry van de Velde — the man who invented modernism
In the Musée du Cinquantenaire, a grand gallery on the green edge of Brussels, those bureaucratic Belgians are welcoming home…
Yorkshire: England’s sculptural heartland in the north
William Cook is inspired by England’s sculptural heartland in Yorkshire, just as Moore and Hepworth were
Notes on…Walking in the Lake District
What is it about the Lake District? The weather is often filthy, the locals are famously surly (‘sup up and…
Another side of Le Corbusier
On the outskirts of La Chaux-de-Fonds, an industrial town in the Swiss Jura, stands one of the most beautiful houses…
The man behind Eric and Ernie
It takes a special sort of talent to turn a good act into a great one, and without John Ammonds,…
The man behind Eric and Ernie
It takes a special sort of talent to turn a good act into a great one, and without John Ammonds,…
