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For some years Gavin Stamp, one of our most eminent - and readable - architectural historians - has written a monthly column for Apollo, the preeminent architecture and fine art magazine. The subjects are simply whatever architectural or design questions happen to take his fancy - it might be the More Description

For some years Gavin Stamp, one of our most eminent - and readable - architectural historians - has written a monthly column for Apollo, the preeminent architecture and fine art magazine. The subjects are simply whatever architectural or design questions happen to take his fancy - it might be the splendid reopening of the magnificent Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras, or the dilapidation of a little-known church in Eastbourne, or the demise of the Routemaster bus, or a paean to wrought-iron railings.