Altair Brandon-Salmon

Altair Brandon-Salmon read History of Art at Wadham College, Oxford, and is beginning a PhD at Stanford University on the history of ruins in Britain.

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London’s Memorial Church Ruins

In the City of London, half a dozen churches remain as hollow shells, potent physical reminders of the Second World War.

By Altair Brandon-Salmon

July 31, 2019

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