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London by Phil Baker review – a 100,000-year survey of the capital From prehistoric hippopotamuses to high-rise towers, the development of an awe-inspiring metropolis is captured with depth and detail The new Babel? ... the Tower of London overlooked by 30 St Mary Axe, AKA the Gherkin. Photograph: travellinglight/Alamy The new Babel? ... the Tower of London overlooked by 30 St Mary Axe, AKA the Gherkin. Photograph: travellinglight/Alamy Sat 22 May 2021 04.00 EDT If you love London but live elsewhere, it is an emotional experience to read a book that immerses you deep in the city after a ...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Fri Jul 09 2010 at 19:36:51 In the 17th century, there were large deserted districts of Rome, built in the time of the Cæsars and still more or less standing; they were largely situated on the outskirts of the city. In those days, you see, Rome was a shadow of its imperial self, a million strong; population crashed beginning in the 2nd century A.D, and had been recovering very slowly: people had been steadily scavenging the old quarters for material with which to build new houses, but there is only so much stone any one house needs, and people mostly took chunks of...

As Lulu Lytle and her furniture company Soane Britain are linked with Carrie Symonds' reported plans for renovating the prime minister's Downing Street flat, we investigate what the possible finished product could look like.

Country Life Trending: April 25, 2021 The front door at Harewell House, with pargetted decoration. Photograph by Will Pryce Credit: Will Pryce / Country Life Picture Library / Future Publishing An architect noted for his Classical buildings has invented a narrative to help him design a modern home for himself in the vernacular. Photographs by Will Pryce. Wherwell is a village that answers the popular ideal of English rural beauty. Set in the valley of the River Test, its focus is a small green with a war memorial enclosed by timber-frame and thatched cottages. From this extends...

Wednesday 7 April 2021 Courtesy of Mario Kardana The Hackney Road in east London is full of interesting destinations, from stylish restaurants to florists and everything in between. The latest addition to the street, furniture dealer Mario Kardana, is just one more reason to visit, having opened M.Kardana, his first store premises, at No.188A. Kardana is representative of a new aesthetic in the furniture and art being offered on the vintage and second-hand market. While ‘mid-century modern’ style furniture has been enjoying a major revival over the last decade or two, Kardana isn't capit...