Redundancies at a post-92 are just as catastrophic--if not more--as redundancies at the institutions that are members of a group specifically set up to structurally advantage themselves at the expense of post-92s. Solidarity with everyone at risk. We are all very much needed.

Very much looking forward to discussing Palace of the Ether with Samira Ahmed on Friday @c20society.bsky.social - hopefully not so Scorchio then! Think there is still time to get a ticket - it’s hybrid! secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Thanks to Karen Burns & Lori Brown for convening an excellent panel this evening to discuss the Global Encyclopaedia. Was pleased to have contributed. 360 authors were involved in the book - a great achievement. A must buy for libraries & architectural practices.

It seems a long time - was it 10 years? - since I went to the Paul Mellon Centre one evening to hear Elizabeth Darling talk about her research into the architecture of Broadcasting House, but the fruits of her labours have now ripened It looks great; I will put it to the top of my "to be read" pile

Making space for news/talks was a key part of the commission for Broadcasting House; Wells Coates’s News Studios a sublime expression of their importance. So it was a real pleasure to be on R4’s World Tonight talking about my book Palace of the Ether www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (@ 29 mins)

The mighty Bruce Mitchell at this evening’s “For Vini”. Not going to lie. I got a bit emotional. This was a really special evening. So glad i was there having got the last ticket! @durutticolumn.bsky.social

At the Purcell Rooms to see “For Vini” (and the mushroom columns - homage to the Pioneer Health Centre of course - & the funky doors & other detailing). Quite excited.

As I point out in my new book, built into Broadcasting House was Hilda Matheson’s advocacy for increased news & talks programmes in order that radio fulfil its potential to create an informed citizenry. 4th floor had a news suite & on 3rd & 8th floors there were studios for talks & discussions. /

Palace of the Ether is out (and about). Thanks to the team @lhartbooks.bsky.social for producing such a lovely artefact & to the many archivists, librarians, colleagues and friends who got me to this point.

The Bloomsbury Global Enclyopaedia was one of the books I featured in my WHM list of books by women architectural historians. On 22nd June, I’ll be on a panel to discuss its publication. Detail here: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

So looking forward to this: Fri Jun 26th tickets here: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

& Marjory Allen “landscaped” the exterior.

Looking forward to discussing my new book Palace of the Ether with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social on 26 June. It’s both in-person & online & tickets are available now. @c20society.bsky.social secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

COMING SOON! *Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC, 1922-1932* by Elizabeth Darling reveals how the architecture and studio spaces of the BBC became emblematic of the world’s first national broadcaster... Pre-order: www.lundhumphries.com!

Adding to this feature in the new @c20society.bsky.social magazine, that listing is also for social value. Given the current full-blown onslaught against culture/the humanities let’s celebrate SBAC as a vision of state support for culture & architecture. See also. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

SBAC in the scorchio 27 degree. sun. Not yet 10am.

Palace of the Ether has now taken material form - a few copies are now in the country. Out 16th June & available to order here: www.lundhumphries.com/products/pal...

Went to Letchworth, home (among other things) of the first roundabout in the U.K. (apparently).

Looking forward to discussing my new book Palace of the Ether with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social on 26 June. It’s both in-person & online & tickets are available now. @c20society.bsky.social secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Chapter six of my forthcoming book discusses the souvenir book in some detail. It didn’t have a dust jacket - contemp ads just mention the luscious orange binding.

Walked past this memorial today at Hyde Park Corner. Charles Wheeler was considered as a sculptor for Briadcasting House but after some internal machinations by those involved on the BBC side, it was Eric Gill who won the commission. More on this in Palace of the Ether, out in June.

Heading home after an entertaining evening hearing Adele Bertei talking about her new memoir of the music scene in NYC.

Getting closer by the day for the proofs to be signed off and Palace of the Ether is sent to be printed! Spent the afternoon checking the newly compiled index. Now off to rest my eyes. Book is out mid-June & can be pre-ordered: www.lundhumphries.com/products/pal...

I have finished working my way through Ngaio Marsh. Who next? I’ve done Christie and Sayers.

Wonderful #WilliamNicholson exhibition at #PallantHouse. Recommend.

May I draw attention to this (it’s also preceded by a workshop for students/ECRs organised by @thesahgb.bsky.social networks: www.sahgb.org.uk/whatson/inau...

Today I’m highlighting this very recent publication for my #WHM thread. Packed to the gills with entries on architect women & part of a long tradition of not diminishing their work.

Thankful to @alcs.co.uk for my March distribution. Always interested to see what’s been copied. This time it’s my 2016 chapter on the neo-geo & modernism (in NeoGeo Arch - a Reappraisal, eds Holder & McKellar).Thanks to those who read it & my other work & troubled to ensure ALCS was notified.

Also in Bedford, visited the Panacea Museum. It’s fascinating & so worth a visit.

A day trip to Beford yesterday. I very much enjoyed & recommend the exhibition about Noel Carrington & his commissions for children’s books and promotion of book design & women artists.

We have a few architects/trained in architecture in @beyondnotables.bsky.social database - Ethel Charles beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q826 Vera Mary Dallas beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q1... and Dorothy Norie beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q3...

Less than a week left to apply!

The Society has now completed the move of its journal Architectural History to its new publisher, @ubiquityopen.bsky.social, and is pleased to re-open submissions for peer-reviewed articles. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Read more: sahgb.org.uk/features/journal-publisher-update

A new chapter for Architectural History, the principal publication of the @thesahgb.bsky.social From 2026, the journal will publish fully #OpenAccess. Submissions are now open under the editorship of Alborz Dianat (University College Dublin). Learn more: architecturalhistoryjournal.com/

Went to see The Bride! It’s somewhere between bonkers & brilliant - I really enjoyed it & consider it, in part, a fine homage to the original Bride, the mighty Elsa Lanchester. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7fi...

There’s decades of work by women architectural historians exploring the work of women in/and architecture - it would be great if this work weren’t forgotten/ completely disregarded. See my posts doe the last few [email protected] www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

Diminishing the achievements of women architects feeds into today’s inequalities

The BBC WAC Campaign has after months of chasing through FOI uncovered the motivation for the 11th hour pulling of a public catalogue of its written archives. This falls short of the basic requirement of a major archive as well as the Charter itself. £ but see reply. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Always delighted to see more appreciation for the mighty Durutti Column - love Vini Reilly’s response to Mr Styles’s interest: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

it’s #WHM, so I thought I’d post about books that explore women in/& architecture/built env’t & the women who write them. Women architectural historians go rather not seen. So today, an excellent book from 1994 & a link to a short piece I wrote about it. womenwritingarchitecture.org/annotation/e...

Recommend a visit to The Pankhurst Centre - the house in which the WSPU was formed. It’s really well done & super interesting. Has anyone done work on how the suffragettes learnt their militant/military techniques??? Self generated or learnt from others???

In Manchester to give a talk at Manchester School of Architecture - great to have the opportunity to discuss the ideas and themes it explores.

Being spoiled by BBC radio - whole day devoted to Kenneth Williams on 4extra , on @sixmusic.bsky.social @cerysmatthews.bsky.social Neil Brand talking about music & silent movies - fascinating for me as my great g’dad Enoch Leeming played violin in the orchestra of the Alhambra cinema in Edinburgh!

Looking forward to speaking about my forthcoming book next week for Manchester Architecture Research Group #MARG, @manchester.ac.uk

Good to see an article on SBAC listing that acknowledges its significance as one element in a landscape of publicly-funded culture. Re-posting the link to my Co-authored article that explores this idea in detail - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Open Access so freely available.

Still delighted to see this listed. But given the current undermining of humanities & culture in U.K., more than being exemplary Brutalism, the SBAC’s significance lies in it forming part of a resounding assertion of the value of the arts to national life & as something worthy of state support.

www.sahgb.org.uk/jobs 📢📢📢📢 Opportunity alert: call for new deputy editors for @_thesahgb journal.

Can't believe it's finally been listed; albeit at Grade 2. Moons ago I wrote to the then Min of Environment (?Heseltine?) to protest its non-listed status; got the usual waffle in reply. Missing from the listing bibliog is @alistairfair.bsky.social & me on SBAC: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

& now we have a book cover! www.lundhumphries.com/products/pal...

Really enjoyed seeing this lovely film this evening blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...