Dan and the Secret of the Respectable Cities Built Upon the Oldest Profession
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THE Attenborough of architecture returns to Charlotte Square this August. Last summer architectural historian and presenter Dan Cruickshank entertained audiences with "holiday snaps" from his BBC series, Adventures in Architecture. Reviewers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival appearance noted that his pithy anecdotes were accompanied by "dervish-like whirling arm gyrations" not generally seen in learned literary circles.
Cruickshank is back with his latest book, The Secret History of Georgian London, published late last year. In it, he views architecture through the lens of the sex industry " from the boudoirs of St James to the bordellos of Soho. He argued that the Georgian sex trade physically changed the architectural face of London, though the book seemed mostly an excuse for a romping good yarn.See the full content of this document
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Dan and the Secret of the Respectable Cities Built Upon the Oldest Profession
Can he now rediscover the seamy side of the New Town? Tantalisingly, Cruickshank's session this year promises to see him "compare the development of London with that of Edinburgh's ow...
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