CONTEXT 184 : JUNE 2025 1 www.ihbc.org.uk @IHBCtweet Registered as a charity in England and Wales number 1061593, in Scotland number SC041945, and listed in Northern Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England number 3333780 Registered Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Officers President Rebecca Thompson, president@ihbc.org.uk Vice President Torsten Haak, vpresidentth@ihbc.org.uk Chair David McDonald, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Lone Le Vay, vchair@ihbc.org.uk Secretary Dave Chetwyn, ihbcsecretary@ihbc.org.uk Treasurer Jill Kerry, treasurer@ihbc.org.uk National Office Director Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Operations Director Fiona Newton, operations@ihbc.org.uk, consultations@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Education,Training & Application Support Officer Angharad Hart, training@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk Professional Services Officer Michael Netter, services@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics Andrew Shepherd, membership@ihbc.org.uk Education Chris Wood, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Dave Chetwyn, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Contacts North north@ihbc.org.uk North West northwest@ihbc.org.uk Yorkshire yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk West Midlands westmids@ihbc.org.uk East Midlands eastmids@ihbc.org.uk South south@ihbc.org.uk South West southwest@ihbc.org.uk East Anglia eastanglia@ihbc.org.uk South East southeast@ihbc.org.uk London london@ihbc.org.uk Scotland scotland@ihbc.org.uk Wales wales@ihbc.org.uk Northern Ireland northernireland@ihbc.org.uk Republic of Ireland republicofireland@ihbc.org.uk Rest of the World overseas@ihbc.org.uk 2 Briefing 4 Letter 5 Periodically 8 Out of Context 9 The writer’s voice 11 Editorial 12 Inclusive, values-based conservation to 2008 Kate Clark 17 John Ashurst: practitioner, writer and educator Chris Wood 20 SAVE at 50: celebrating half a century of campaigning Eve Blain 23 Lord Kennet: making government work Rebecca Madgin 25 Discovering Jane Jacobs Joe Holyoak 28 Nineteenth-century conservation thinking from Ruskin onwards Duncan McCallum 32 Replacing Brighton Museum’s roof lantern Edward Lewis and Olivia Stitson 34 The world of generative AI SammyWoodford 36 Old buildings and oligarchs Ian Wray 40 Law and policy update Alexandra Fairclough 43 Notes from the chair 44 Director’s cut 46 New member profile 47 New members 48 Inter alia 49 Vox pop 50 Reviews 53 Products and services 56 Specialist suppliers index
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