The Royal Festival Hall is 75 years old – and I have played a small part in keeping it very much alive

By 2026-05-11T06:00:00

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Eleanor Jolliffe has just published a book which celebrates the history of one of London’s best-known buildings. It is fair to say that she enjoyed the experience

In the 12-odd years that I have been writing this column, I don’t believe I have ever written directly about a project I have worked on. It has never felt fair to my colleagues or collaborators to use anecdotes as an illustration of a wider point. 

I am making an exception, however, because my colleague Sandy Rattray and I have just published a book celebrating one of them: the Royal Festival Hall.

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