A London-based illustrator and architectural draftsperson shares field-study drawings, travel notes from Mexico City, Miami and London, and updates on a book club for East of Eden. The newsletter pairs sketches with reflective prose on drawing from life, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne history.
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Long-form essays that read Italian buildings, monuments and gardens slowly, tracing how layers of history, restoration and invention shaped what visitors see today. Mixes archival detail, on-site observation and personal travel narrative, with practical visiting guidance.
Each issue pairs a historic postcard with a present-day recreation photo to explore a building, monument or artwork and the history behind it. It covers modernist architecture, public monuments and urban history with detailed context on architects, patrons and artists.
A reflective travel journal that uses walks through English and Japanese places to explore memory, impermanence, freedom and beauty through a Platonist and continental philosophical lens. Readers get essayistic meditations that pair concrete landscapes such as castles, abbeys and island architecture with thinkers like Fromm and classical Japanese poetry.
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