Posts Tagged ‘ Penguin ’
I’ve been submerged in proofs for weeks, but with publication of the biography now only two months away, on August 18, posts here will be more frequent. In the meantime, I’ve posted a couple of related Pevsner pieces on the Links page of the pevsner.info website. One is the notes for a talk I gave [ READ MORE ]
When Pevsner was touring the factories of Birmingham in the 1930s, pursuing his researches into industrial design, he was entertained lavishly by one managing director who may have believed him to be a man of influence. The director addressed his guest bonhomously, as “my lad” and fed him chicken and and Riesling – ’1929 Wurzgarten – they [ READ MORE ]
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