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52 C O N T E X T 1 7 9 : M A R C H 2 0 2 4 my career journey and family life. What is your favourite place? Burgh Island in Devon, which has many good memories. However, my heart always returns to home: Manchester, a city of 2,000 years of history, amazing architecture and the friendliest of people. What is your favourite book? My go-to favourite is probably Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre . But if I were stranded on a desert island, it would have to be Banister Fletcher’s History of Architecture . I read bits of it regularly but I don’t think I would have time to read it fully anywhere else. What do you do in your spare time? I enjoy spending time travelling with my husband and two teenage sons. I write heritage-related articles, I blog, I provide talks and tours to raise awareness of our fantastic built heritage, and I fundraise for cultural heritage charitable organisations such as museums, galleries and historic buildings, including Chetham’s Library. What organisations are you a member of? The Inner Temple, IHBC (and its legal panel), RTPI, Diocesan Advisory Committee for Chester Diocese, Victorian Society (northern committee), Vernacular Architecture Group, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, Guild of Blue Badge Tourist Guides, Manchester Guided Tours and Cumbria Guides. As a conservation officer, I cannot afford to join every amenity society, though I wish I could, so I rotate my membership yearly. Perhaps the IHBC could negotiate a membership category for local planning authority conservation officers and those working for charities to create a joint membership. Officers could then enjoy the events and newsletters provided by all the national amenity societies. Which one issue would you particularly like the IHBC to campaign on? First, to ensure that every heritage asset has an accurate heritage assessment or statement document produced at the point of sale by a fully qualified, endorsed practitioner. This will allow owners and developers to understand the building, especially with the forthcoming energy efficiency retrofit challenges. Second, to make it the legal obligation of the owner to maintain their listed building. Alexandra Fairclough works four days a week as a conservation and design officer with Cheshire East Council, lectures on architecture and heritage law, and provides architectural tours. Welcome to new members The following members were voted in at the December 2023 and February 2024 IHBC trustees meeting. Welcome to you all. Full members Rebecca Barnett (SE), Alice Dammery-Quigley (YO), Maria Kitts (EA), Jody O’Reilly (SO), Joe Raper (YO), Jacob Rock (WM), Melisa Thomas (LO) Associate members Alexander Ashworth (LO), Laura Wigg-Bailey (WM) Affiliate upgrades Diane Abrams (LO), Daniel Baty (SE), Kevin Clark (LO), Tim Dashwood (SE), Peter Drummond (SC), Lynsay Ewart (NW), Emily Greenaway (YO), Annabel Longfield-Reeve (YO), Oliver Mitchell (SW), Andrew Molloy (NI), Michael Netter (LO), Jennifer Nixon (SW), Reider Payne (LO), Peter Rice (YO), Caroline Strudwick (YO), Conor Vale (EM), Neli Zhecheva-Goodwin (LO) Supporters Kate Alder (SO), Robert Arnell (SW), Emine Nazan Avkovan (LO), Todd Ballantine (SE), Terry Bartholomew (SE), Hope Bolton (NW), Rachel Boult (WM), Matthew Boultwood (LO), Krisztina Buci (WM), Andy Burnett (LO), James Busby (WM), Shona Carr (SE), Doree Carrier (SW), Jayashree Chandala Giri Babu (WM), Kate Chapman (YO), Adrienne Christie (SE), Benjamin Cliff (SW), Nicola Collins (SO), Edward Comer (NW), Marco Corazza (LO), Alice Cowl (EM), Huw Davies (WA), Adam Dean (WM), Alice Demuth (SE), Nina Dierks (LO), Benjamin Dix (WA), Danielle Domingue (SE), Jonathan Drage (LO), Peter Eccleston (NW), Boyanna Elks (YO), Samuel Elliott (LO), Tom Evans (SE), Dianna Fletcher (LO), Russell Frew (LO), Holly Gerrard (YO), Joshua Goolden (SW), Sandia Gopaul (LO), Louise Haddow (NO), Roderick Hall (SC), Patrick Hanna (SC), John Heffernan (SE), Jacqui Hogans (OV), Alice Holland (SW), Wendy Hopkins (SW), Aimee Hudson-Brown (YO), Louise Hunter (NW), Babatunde Ibrahim (SE), Rebecca Johnston-Photis (SE), Yunseo Joung (WA), Azizul Karim (SE), Kate Kelly (EM), Grace Kinnersley (LO), Craig Koffler (WA), Caroline Lebre (LO), Trystan Lever (LO), Sam Lloyd (WM), David Lomas (SO), Andrew Long (SW), Immogen Lyons (NW), Hilton Marlton (YO), Chris Matthews (EM), Fraser McFarlane (SC), Leah Mew (SO), Alexandra Muir Wood (SE), Helen Mulholland (YO), Edney Ndumbe (LO), Victoria Oliver-Bellasis (SE), Rosanna Paget (WM), Philip Palmer (EA), Bartolomeo Panto (NO), Brett Paris (NW), Jack Pearce (YO), Christina Peces Moral (LO), Serena Perez-Storey (SE), Matthew Pugh (WM), Iryna Rak (SE), Isaac Rawcliffe (SO), Victoria Roulinson (EA), Steve Saunders (EM), Gabriel Schinnerl (YO), Jessica Sharp (WA), Simon Sharp (SW), Anthony Shaw (NW), Emma Shaw (LO), Adchana Sivaram (LO), Olivia Smith (WM), Graham Spittle (SW), Emma Sweeney (LO), Oliver Taylor (LO), Sophie Tofts (EA), Meghana Viaidyeswaran (NO), Kelley Walker (WM), Dominic Wallis (EA), Xiaolu Wang (YO), Lily Ward (LO), Derick Weber (YO), Anna Webster (EM), Joshua Weston (YO), Owen Woodwards (LO), Georgia Young (LO)