Tim W wrote:


It is quite a piece of work. TBH I don't think anyone could build it
again now, not for any money, not for any number of suits with
clipboards and laptops, Not unless you started by growing the trees
while you trained carpenters from boyhood.


Indeed - quite a piece of work. Could not be built again now? Bull. It's
nice to romanticise the artisans of the past and fool ourselves into
believing that they are somehow different fromn the artisans of today- if
that's what really makes you feel good. But... it's just not true. So -
let's throw this over into your court and ask you just exactly how you feel
these older artisans were so much better empowered to produce so works of
art?

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-Mike-