Simon Thurley is the Chief Executive of English Heritage. He was formerly the Director of the Museum of London, and the Curator of Historic Royal Palaces.
"State ownership makes conservation political and Thurley knows his
cannot help but be a political book" Rosemary Hill, Sunday
Telegraph.
*Sunday Telegraph*
"The historic built environment demands parity of esteem, Simon
argues, and he ends the book by putting the case for tax relief in
return for public access to help the owners of historic property to
meet their maintenance costs. The two are intimately linked: many
recent sales of works of art have been the result of the owners of
great houses selling in order to undertake much-needed building
repairs." Salon.
*Salon*
“In this absorbing book, the chief executive of English Heritage
explores how, between 1900 and 1950, the British state amassed more
than 800 buildings, monuments and historic sites and gave the
public access to them. Thurley is a well-placed guide to the
characters who enabled this collecting spree and to the challenges
that they faced; he tells a vivid story of how the country
successfully established a vast open-air museum” – Apollo Magazine,
1st July 2013
*Apollo Magazine*
"Everyone involved with looking after historic buildings today. .
.should read Simon Thurley’s. . .well-researched and readable book
[...]. Dr Thurley, as the chief executive of English Heritage
since 2003 – and a former Director of the Museum of London and
Curator of Historic Royal Palaces – is in an exceptional position
to tell this tale, which he does at a cracking pace."—Jeremy
Musson, Historic House
*Historic House*
“. . .[This] is a timely book documenting the long and passionate
struggle for preserving historic buildings and sites.”—R. C.
Richardson, THES
*THES*
‘Thurley’s text [is] knowledgeable, subtle, supple, by turns
celebratory and sardonic.’—David Lowenthal, TLS
*TLS*
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