Matthew Walker

Architectural Historian.
Assistant Professor in British Architecture.
Department of History of Art. Emmanuel College. University of Cambridge.

[Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture @CSCA_Cambridge]

‼️ The CSCA invites applications for Funded PhD studentships. More information on how to apply can be found here: https://t.co/7UvibfSwCG

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@almurray @KitKowol @WeHaveWaysPod @KitKowol + my favourite podcast @WeHaveWaysPod @almurray! Fabulous, can't wait to listen to this!

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@SWDevonRebecca Good work Rebecca 👏🏻

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

PhD studentship! Come and work with me at Cambridge (where I'll be based from September) and the @StudiesofHome @MuseumoftheHome
We're looking for someone interested in early modern art/architecture/social history to work on painting in lower-class homes:
https://t.co/o6eMSBfEug

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

Stepping in at short notice to give tomorrow's CSCA seminar. Please come/attend online if you're interested in: the legacy of Roman Britain, the history of building conservation, and the public shaming of people who demolish historical architecture for profit!

[Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture @CSCA_Cambridge]

Schedule change!

Please join us tomorrow 14 Feb with Dr Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist speaking on STONEKILLER. Antiquarian Activism in Mid-Eighteenth Century Britain & Beyond.

We are in the Howard Assembly Room at Downing at 12p.m. and online on Zoom: https://t.co/nv8ndOgw8S

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

Important message from Chris here. The long straw supply in East Anglia is under threat. Those of us that own thatch need to start making some noise.

[Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture @CSCA_Cambridge]

Our Seminar Series VIII is now up! All are welcome to attend @downingcollege noon on Fridays during term. In person and Zoom.

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

I haven't seen a single person defend this policy. Because it's indefensible. Class war at the expense of children.

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

It’s lucky we have a famously competent state, a well-funded health service, & courts with plenty of time on their hands, or I’d be worrying that this is a terrible decision

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

I'm sorry we lost. We will fight every remaining stage of the bill. I don't want to hear MPs a decade down the line saying they regret their votes. You knew.

[Liz "blue tick" Carr @thelizcarr]

I appreciate that I'm prolific today re assisted suicide. (By the weekend, I'll be asleep and / or watching Christmas movies. Or horror films...)

But here's something I wrote for @guardian that might help some disabled people's fears for changing the law

https://t.co/lrWbvXbrUK

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@yuanyi_z Thank you, Yuan, for everything you're doing to highlight the deep flaws in this appalling piece of proposed legislation, let's pray the vote goes the right way tomorrow.

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

Many MPs are still undecided about tomorrow's vote. Here I will highlight some MPs who have voiced their opposition in the last 24 hours or so, with their reasons as to why:

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@SWDevonRebecca Good for you Rebecca.

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@ChristophLyon @yuanyi_z @TfL Have complained. Clearly not appropriate in a public space.

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@IrishBearsShow Me neither, for all Bears fans over this side of the Atlantic, today was as good as gets 🐻⬇️

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@IrishBearsShow 🐻⬇️!!!!!!

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@CHGO_Bears @AdamHoge @thecarm Huge London based Bears fan here. That's the train I get to work, normally listening to the @CHGO_Bears podcast! Hope you're enjoying our city and thanks for all the amazing content you put out!

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

@c_dodson_thatch That's ours isn't it Chris? Fantastic to see it from that angle.

[Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist]

Plymouth's wonderful 1950s stripped classicism has been given a much-needed clean!

[C20 Society @C20Society]

Good news bulletin: Plymouth city centre's fabulous post-war civic architecture has been given a £2.1 million deep-clean, thanks to grant funding from @HistoricEngland and other match funders.

Pictured is Pearl Assurance House (Alec French, 1952). What a difference a good scrub makes! 🧼