An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 67 March 2, 2020Clinton HowellThe missing note in my appreciation of London is that I have yet to talk about any buildings. Heaven forfend, London has over a thousand years of buildings within its...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 66 February 18, 2020Clinton HowellI am beginning to believe that the single most important thing we can be endowed with is curiosity. I mean the kind of curiosity that leads into discovery as well...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 65 February 17, 2020Clinton HowellWhat exactly causes one to fall in love with a city? It is difficult question as all of us start from unique reference points, to wit, our own experience.
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 64 February 3, 2020Clinton HowellJohn Keats, the poet, wrote the line, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty", in what is likely his best known poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn". It is the kind of...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 63 January 20, 2020Clinton HowellWhen I lived in London and was working with my brother, we worked with the not yet famous designer, Richard Holley (now a legend in Houston, Tx.), who introduced me...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 62 January 6, 2020Clinton HowellI didn't warn anyone about my Christmas hiatus, but my assumption is that, for those of you who faithfully read my column, a little break is always a good thing.
