I read your piece on Cedric with keen interest. It is a clearly written and intensely funny narrative. It seems the folly came at a Price, but the errant architect is right about valuing the intensity of the first impulse; rarely does anything of merit emerge without conviction, accompanied by the bald-eyed ‘interrogation’ necessary to carry it through. How strange he appeared to shy at the jump.  Was it a form of indolence? Or was it that debilitating intelligence that allows too many options to be seen. I guess we are always 25 years too late.

What is taste?

I loved the reference to Borodino, perfectly apt.

Your description of the project reminded me of a palimpsest, the constant visions and revisions caught in ghostly aspic, curling at the edges over time. I would love to see such drawings as exist.

I have tried to download the pdf file of the Foreign Office scheme several times, but a message bounces back that the file is damaged. I assume this is an error on the website. Is there another way of obtaining a copy? I have no problem with ‘arbitrary’, but I like to know how it was achieved.

In the meantime I shall endeavour to learn the supercilious method of conveying an idea. How wonderful for a raised eyebrow to express a whole concept. Unfortunately, not being a bloke, I have never found the necessary facial muscles. It could take some time.

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