For some years Gavin Stamp, one of our most eminent – and readable – architectural historians – has written a monthly column for Apollo, the preeminent architecture and fine art magazine. The subjects are simply whatever architectural or design questions happen to take his fancy – it might be the splendid reopening of the magnificent Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras, or the dilapidation of a little-known church in Eastbourne, or the demise of the Routemaster bus, or a paean to wrought-iron railings.