The decline of building ornamentation - a demand side or a supply side issue? Excellent piece by @SCP_Hughes exploring labour vs technology in construction & design, and changing culture & cultural values around buildings 👩🏼‍🎨🏰 worksinprogress.co/i…

Annual pilgrimage to @CharlestonTrust complete - 2 x excellent talks on fashion + feminism and literary vs genre fiction, an afternoon lounging in the sun & obligatory trip to the farmhouse. Late spring/early summer heaven! 💐🌞💖✨

Kicking off day 2 @V_and_A with 2 x papers by American colleagues. Particularly struck by the fact that for the first few decades, black men were tour guides at @TJMonticello - until mid century, when public history was “professionalised” & they were replaced by white women

VERY excited to be at the @V_and_A for the next two days - a good way to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark #Destruction exhibition (original poster courtesy of @Historic_Houses archive!) 🏰🥵

The @Historic_Houses copy of @Ben_CowellDG’s brilliant new book may/may not have found its way to the top of my reading pile… Goes without saying it’s a must read for anyone interested in country houses & heritage policy! 📚🏰 (officially out next week! www.waterstones.com/…)