Porto, the Unvanquished City
byI bring you some photographs of the city I was born in, Porto (or Oporto), in Portugal, from around the Edwardian Era. This is…
Architecture
Before & After in a Birmingham slum
byThe late Victorian and Edwardian eras were the epoch of slum clearances. Philanthropists, Fabians, and the newfangled city councils were determined to stamp out…
Downton Abbey in America: 15 Places to Visit to Recapture the Drama
bySince most of us can’t pop over to England to wander about the halls and gardens of their great country estate, I thought I’d…