Articles by Kathryn Ferry

Fig 4: An idealised view of the giant Palace of Industry.

Wembley isn't just a stadium — it was a vision and a pioneering adventure in the history of architecture

The 1924 Wembley Empire Exhibition was conceived on a vast scale, with a bewildering variety of displays that united such themes as Canadian butter, Tutankhamun and toffee tins. It also pioneered the architectural use of concrete, as Kathryn Ferry explains.

The extravagant seaside splendours of the south coast's most exotic museum

Created for Merton Russell-Cotes’s wife in 1901 and then given to the town, the dazzling interiors of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth capture the spirit of the Victorian seaside, says Kathryn Ferry. Photography by Paul Highnam for Country Life.

By Kathryn Ferry Published 14 July 24
The remarkable tale of the bathing machine

When the British fell in love with the seaside, they invented a mobile building to convey them to the water. Kathryn Ferry tells the remarkable tale of the bathing machine.

By Kathryn Ferry Published 20 August 23

Kathryn Ferry

Wembley isn't just a stadium — it was a vision and a pioneering adventure in the history of architecture

The extravagant seaside splendours of the south coast's most exotic museum

The remarkable tale of the bathing machine