74: The Cabinet of Ideas

This edition of our membership magazine was published in November 2023 and features the following articles:

4 Burges and the beauty of colour

Charlotte Ribeyrol on how Burges’ love of literature influenced his use of colour.

6 The Victorian idea of the past

Susan Owens on an extraordinary portrait.

7 Definition of an architect

Eleanor Jolliffe on how an architect was re-defined.

8-9 Finding Pollen: piety and paint

Rachael Marsay on John Hungerford Pollen.

11 A tale of two theatres

Julian Treuherz considers two nineteenth-century architects of Palermo.

12 Holst’s Victorian home in a new light

Steve Leary on the refurbishment of Holst’s birthplace.

13 Creating Northumberland Avenue

Nicholas Boys Smith on how the Victorians managed traffic.

14 House notes

Moses Jenkins on getting period houses ready for winter.

16 Casework

An update on the Society’s recent casework.

21 Case study

Aimée Felton on the Coombe Cliff Conservatory.

22 Book reviews

Edwin Rickards, the Natural History Museum, Oxford, Donald Buttress and a forgotten Welsh artist.

27 News

Gwrych Castle, Norman Franklin, Andrew Saint on the next Society Journal, and Joe O’Donnell on the Annual Appeal 2023.

30 Obituary

Steven Brindle on the life of the late Elain Harwood

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This is a 32 page magazine and can be ordered below for £10 including postage and packaging.