Splendour! Art in Living Craftsmenship

John Martin Robinson is an architectural historian and long-standing member of the Georgian Group. He has written over twenty books relating to Georgian architects and the English country house, many of which are considered definitive treatments of their subject. His writing work has included the contribution of over 400 articles and reviews for the Country Life over a period of forty years.

David McKinstry has been Secretary of the Georgian Group since April 2016, having previously worked for the Group since October 2008 as southern caseworker. He read modern history at the Christ Church, Oxford (2004–2007) staying on to complete a Masters degree in architectural history. In addition to his work at the Georgian Group he is completing a DPhil in architectural history at Oxford, where the subject of his research is the English Italianate in civic and commercial architecture in London c.1815–1860.