Cambridge: The Watercolour Sketchbook

Theperfectintroductiontothecity'sarchitecturalheritage,Cambridge:TheWatercolourSketchbookgivesvisitorsandresidentsinsightintoawealthofsights,bothgrandandintimateinscale.Manyfacetsoftheuniversitytownandsurroundsarerecordedhere,asGrahamByfieldstrollswithhissketchpadthroughcollegegateways,courtsandgardens,alongbroadstreetsandnarrowalleyways,intogreatceremonialbuildingsandmedievalpubsfullofcharacter.AllofEngland'sarchitecturalstylesarewellrepresentedinCambridge,andasunnydayspentwanderingaroundthecitycanbeintoxicating.Indeed,aswriterMarcusBinneysays:"Ifonecityhadtostandforallthatisfine,inventive,lovelyandsensitiveinEnglisharchitecture,itisCambridge."Accompanyingthepaintingsandsketchesareobservationsandnoteshandwrittenbytheartist,aswellasanintroductiontoCambridgebyheritageexpertMarcusBinney.