Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Ian Nairn

Born: November 9, 1930
Died: August 15, 1983 (aged 52)
Bio: Ian Douglas Nairn was a British architectural critic who coined the word ‘Subtopia’ to indicate drab suburbs that look identical through unimaginative town-planning.
Known for:
- Nairn's London. (1966)
- Nairn's Towns (1967)
- Surrey (1962)
- Sussex (1965)
- Your England Revisited (1964)