Tag Archives: History

My grandmother and the Holocaust

Posted on June 24, 2018 by raspurr

NB: I have put this post on this blog because I don’t have anywhere else to upload it. It is not directly relevant to architecture. Claude Lanzmann’s 1985 documentary film Shoah took eleven years to make, six of which were dedicated … Continue reading →

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On ‘Old Buildings’

Posted on March 2, 2016 by raspurr

‘Old buildings’ are things you go out of your way to see. You might see them environed by sunset on a tourist’s Instagram account, or on a leaflet encouraging you to pay money to be shown round them. They are characters in … Continue reading →

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