Utterances from Uncle Simon.....

Simon Thurley: 'With Stonehenge we had six days of bedlam. We were victims of our own success'

The chief executive of English Heritage tells Stuart Jeffries why he's no fogey and why he's proud to be English brutalism's greatest champion

  

• • Stuart Jeffries
  • The Guardian, Saturday 8 February 2014
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 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/08/simon-thurley-stonehenge-brutalism-interview 

 

Stuart Jeffries has interviewed Simon Thurley about his new book: The Building of England, when a number of other utterances came out....as they do!!!.....not the least, and from a previous book: "Stonehenge has been saved from vandals and profiteers.....£14.90 per person......mmmmmh ??

 

Simon's Tweets at the opening of Stonehenge visitor's centre "no Tax Payers money was used to build our new Exhibition!"   See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Heritage check out "Funding" under the contents list......

 

During the "moanhenge" period of negative reviews earlier this year on http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/  Simon says: "We had six days of bedlam," he concedes. I put my hand up and say that the building was never designed for 1,000 people an hour. We were totally victims of our own success. Anyway we've sorted out the problem now. So half term? Bring it on!"   We locals are waiting for this particular comment to trip him up BIG TIME!

 

FROM "STAG AGONY AUNT" PAGE:

Dear Auntie Stag....Why is it, when I hear one of Simon Thurley's utterances, I keep on seeing little pork pies flying around in front of my eyes! 

And to conclude...
When Simon Thurley dies, he arrives at the Pearly Gates and is greeted by St.Peter.....
"Welcome" says St.Peter "and what is your name?"
"I thought that would have been obvious!" says Simon...."Anyway!"....."I know who you are and I expected God to meet me...not some lacky".....and why have you allowed these gates to get in such a state?"