The Workman’s Brew: Covent Garden and the Inigo Jones Standard. The Formative Years Before my work became international, and before I reached the level of Master, I was cutting my teeth on the historic streets of London. The early 80s were my classroom, and the Grade I listed landmarks of the city were my teachers.…
In the quietude of the workshop, where the lineage of a craftsman is measured in decades of discipline and the preservation of ancient skills, the intrusion of the modern “hater” is a curious phenomenon. It is a paradox of our age that those with the least understanding of a craft often possess the loudest voices.…