There's a delightful new m/m romance short story, Le Manoir by Jay Mountney, up at RoM/Mantic Reads today. The story, featuring a tranquil garden and two men escaping from a masked ball, was inspired by the beautiful Le Bois des Moutiers near Dieppe in France, designed by Edwin Lutyens with a garden by Gertrude Jekyll. Read the story here: https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2022/12/02/jay-mountney-le-manoir/
#MMRomance #LGBTRomance #RoMManticReads #gardens #Lutyens #Jekyll

A fascinating piece by Alice Corble on the histories of the University of Sussex and especially its library collections & research initiatives ... brings together Bata & Barbados & the (unknown to me) Centre for the Study of Multi-Racial Societies ...

This is a great piece for anyone interested in #libraries #Lutyens #EIC #Bata #Barbados & more!

https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/decolonialmapsoflearning/research-blog/

Across the street, Nathan Moore House, '85/'23 (restored after fire). Wright's vision gr8tly infuenced by Brits: #artsandcrafts #WillilamMorris #CRAshbee #Vosysey #Lutyens. Here, Wright was hungry for work, client wanted English Tudor.