Dr Pete Collinge

Door in Trastevere, Rome. 📷mine.

Fountain, Piazza Navona, Rome. 📷 mine. #rome #water #fountain

Roman Forum. 📷mine

Villa d'Este. Glorious. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape

The screen passage leading to the courtyard, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. 📷mine. #architecture #countryhouse #derbyshire

Thrumpton Hall, Nottinghamshire. Jacobean house near the river Trent. 📷mine.

Hope you enjoy it, Elaine. I've written a chapter about the access the poor had to global goods. Lots of other great chapters too.

Nottingham Council House rising behind a street of classically inspired buildings.

Nottingham, not Italy. 📷mine. #architecture #townscape #nottingham

My attempt at capturing mood at St Bartholomew's this afternoon. 📷mine. @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social #architecture #interior #churches

And very fine it looks too. Thanks for a most enjoyable sketchcrawl.

Seen today in Buxton: Christmas cards. It's 1 August.📷mine.

By which point I've often misplaced my copy of the article and have to download it again only to find it on my desk.

Stone built gatehouse with 4 cupolas and balustrade.

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire, c1580. The hall was demolished in 1927 and the estate broken up in 1960.📷mine. #architecture #countryhouse #staffordshire #elizabethan #16thcentury

Breakfast on the terrace. 📷mine

Neo-renaisance building in Derby, England.

Neo-renaisance palazzo (1860s, enlarged 1890s). Originally Derby Poor Law Guardians Offices. Later Education Offices then nightclub. Derelict. In the top 10 list of the Victorian Society's endangered buildings. 📷mine
@thevicsoc.bsky.social #architecture #landscape #abandonedplaces #19thcentury

Colourful book cover showing objects linked to the poor.

Copy of Objects of Poverty has arrived. Thanks to Joe Harley and Vicky Holmes for a great editing job. My contribution looks at what global goods were available to workhouse inmates. #bloomsbury #18thcentury #poverty #workhouses #georgian

Cover of Objects of Poverty, edited by Joseph Harley and Vicky Holmes

“From Improvised to Subsidised Safety: Fireguards”, by Jonathan Reinarz and Shane Ewen

New publication!

“Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700” is edited by Joe Harley & Vicky Holmes. Our chapter is on the fireguard - a consistent absence in the archival record - and the campaign to introduce it into working-class homes.

Order the book here: lnkd.in/eMz2kfkd

Cholmondeley Castle Gardens, Cheshire. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape #photography

Ancient door,Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. 📷 mine. #architecture #countryhouse #derbyshire #haddon

Packing can wait. Sunsets can't.

Chimneys above the Clock Court, Hampton Court Palace. 📷mine. #architecture #hamptoncourt #historicroyalpalaces

Sunlight casting a through the oculus in the Saloon at Kedleston, Derbyshire. 📷 mine. #architecture #countryhouse #georgian #interior #18thcentury #NTkedleston #nationaltrust

Looks great Joe and Vicky. Thanks for the opportunity to contribute to it.

Both look enticing. Enjoy your evening.

A green enfilade. Renishaw Hall Gardens. 📷mine. #gardens #landscape

Spitalfields. 📷mine. #architecture #London

Looking glorious.

National Trust calls for more investment in historic environment - Museums Association Demand follows research that shows how public value their local heritage

News | @nationaltrust.org.uk calls for more investment in historic environment – demand follows research that shows how public value their local heritage

Spitalfields, London. 📷mine. #architecture #georgian #urban

End of the Wellingtonia Walk, Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire. 📷mine. #nationaltrust #gardens.