Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Mark Girouard

Born: October 7, 1931
Died: August 16, 2022 (aged 90)
Bio: Mark Girouard was a British architectural writer, an authority on the country house, an architectural historian, and biographer of James Stirling.
Known for:
- Life in the English Country House (1978)
- The Victorian Country House (1971)
- The Return to Camelot (1981)
- Cities and People (1985)
- The English Town (1990)