Gillian Darley OBE
@gmdarksky.bsky.social
Writer, reader, perambulator, observer. www.gilliandarley.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... This is neat and poignant, too.
Opinion: Preserving places means letting them change. My family’s Kenora hotel taught me that
The hotel my great-grandfather once owned, and the family camp he built, won’t survive if they exist only in the past
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RIP Adrian Gale. He loved a crane. At Lottery meetings at Stag House we used to share new sightings. A funny, lovely man and a major figure in C20 British architecture
RIP Adrian Gale. He loved a crane. At Lottery meetings at Stag House we used to share new sightings. A funny, lovely man and a major figure in C20 British architecture
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‘Future generations will curse us for its loss’: can nothing save Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh’s masterpiece?
Stratospheric costs could prevent the fire-damaged landmark from returning to its former glory. Now, unless a wealthy patron is found, the building seems destined for ‘soulless’ facade retention or ‘c...
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So good! The revelation that is Grosvenor Square in public garden mode. Bliss.
This is what happens when editorial standards drop into the toilet.
Pete Apps@peteapps.bsky.social · 2w agoIn November, a lobbying firm approached me and asked to pay me to write articles critical of the Building Safety Regulator for newspapers. Filmed undercover, their staff admitted secretly paying reporters for copy in British newspapers friendly to their clients: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bayeux needlework in. Elgin marbles out. Burnham’s implied culture policy (and remember he had the job long ago …)
My day began with a stout wood pigeon indoors, who then panicked. Online I learned I must keep the space dark so it is drawn to the light. Impossible. Meanwhile it lay low, relieved itself and then departed. What an opener to the England match day.
Quick taster visit. Liking the emphasis of the displays. And the unfurling of the building on its modest site.
Latest lrb.co.uk offers perfect balance. Varied studies of Catherine of Braganza, awfulness in the SNP shopping arcade neatly caught and Celia Paul reviewed by Marina Warner. Two women develop startling self reliance (and faith), two inventories, an inspired editorial tour d’horizon.
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He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:
Enjoyed listening to @grindrod.bsky.social interview Gillian Darley about Bradwell power station and the profoundly odd Dengie peninsula: Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE www.podbean.com/ea/dir-arm92.... (Also featuring a cameo from Snape Maltings as host of the Sizewell B enquiry.)
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Ouch. The cheerful latest issue of the Modernist has a feature about Elizabeth Whitworth Scott. NO (a pedant writes) she was ELISABETH. Crucial. Now to read the rest … but my confidence dented by that.
Terrific piece from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social about Andy Burnham, who she’s been covering for a decade. www.ft.com/content/9949...
The decade that made Andy Burnham
What 10 years covering the Manchester mayor’s many reinventions taught me about the man who wants to lead Britain
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It gets better. His company’s name: Greenwater Services. Did he once pay a bribe to Jim Traficant: yes, of course
Philip Bump@pbump.com · 2mo agoI’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Really delighted to receive a copy of this and to thank Mark Crinson for kicking off with Ian Nairn. A midsummer treat.
Nuclear power stations and shoe horns: it’s the latest episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE: Bradwell Nuclear Power Station with Gillian Darley
Podcast Episode · Monstrosities Mon Amour · 12 June · 28min
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There's a new episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour out! It features the brilliant @gmdarksky.bsky.social talking about Bradwell Nuclear Power Station in Essex, and was recorded in front of a live studio audience at Concrete Atlantis, an event at the Horse Hospital open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...
Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE: Bradwell Nuclear Power Station with Gillian Darley
#18 In this live episode John Grindrod meets historian and biographer Gillian Darley to explore the decomissioned Bradwell Nuclear Power Station in Essex and the curious world of shoe horns
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Felicity Cloake of M F K Fisher’s writing (in Consider the Oyster), ‘pure verbal Vermeer’. As is hers.
The great thing about the UK and the USA is that we share a common tongue, so we can all get on board with… the… this… er…
The Camera Man www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/se... Happy birthday to a gracious correspondent and a loving son
Gillian Darley | The Camera Man
The richness of Pevsner’s Leaves of Southwell lies above all in the photographs, printed in the best photogravure...
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The Camera Man www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/se... Happy birthday to a gracious correspondent and a loving son
Gillian Darley | The Camera Man
The richness of Pevsner’s Leaves of Southwell lies above all in the photographs, printed in the best photogravure...
lrb.co.uk
Follies de grandeur: Portmeirion turns 100 - Apollo Magazine. My piece celebrating a cheerful new book on Clough Williams-Ellis’ fun village
For diaries. Friday 29 May TOWNSCAPE65.Eventbrite.co.uk. Gordon Cullen examined, with a dash of Ian Nairn (from me at 3.30) to add laconic spice.
TOWNSCAPE 65
Gordon Cullen Study Day, Archive Visit & Book Launch
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One week to go until Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE at the Horse Hospital as part of Concrete Atlantis, a smashing Sunday afternoon of music and spoken word www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
Monstrosities Mon Amour live! Recording a show in front of a live audience at the Horse Hospital, London, on Sunday May 10, with special guest the brilliant @gmdarksky.bsky.social Part of an amazing afternoon of music, readings and chat www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events/monst...
Monstrosities Mon Amour Live! as part of Concrete Atlantis at the Horse Hospital — John Grindrod.
Concrete Atlantis present: Sumer is icumen in a Roundabout Way. An afternoon of dark-edged spoken word, lively talk about concrete buildings and live music for dancing to architecture. With performanc...
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TOWNSCAPE 65 details on Eventbrite May 29. Talking about Nairn - and Cullen - and how they responded to the US cityscape.
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Concrete Atlantis present: Sumer is icumen in a Roundabout Way — The Horse Hospital
Dark-edged spoken word, lively talk about concrete buildings and live music for dancing to architecture. With performance from Mira Aroyo (aka Ladytron ), live discussion with John Grindrod and ...
thehorsehospital.com
www.thehorsehospital.com/events/concr...
Concrete Atlantis present: Sumer is icumen in a Roundabout Way — The Horse Hospital
Dark-edged spoken word, lively talk about concrete buildings and live music for dancing to architecture. With performance from Mira Aroyo (aka Ladytron ), live discussion with John Grindrod and ...
thehorsehospital.com