Author Richard Stone, of Barton-under-Needwood, looks at how buildings have adapted over time to suit our ever-changing lifestyles.
THE confrontational knock-about of Prime Minister’s Questions at Westminster surely owes something to Barry’s and Pugin’s layout of the House of Commons – Government and Opposition in ranks facing each other a deliberate two sword-lengths apart.
Parliaments in which members sit in the round tend to have a less adversarial and more orderly approach to debate. Continue reading