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So Long, Sir Richard MacCormac | Spitalfields Life

By: Laura Vaughan

Laura Vaughan — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:19:41 +0000

Such beautiful photographs. I also want a secret door in my house.

I only met Richard MacCormac once, yet the brilliance of his mind still resonanates.

It was a few years ago when we had an impromptu chat in Alan Penn’s office at the Bartlett, which was meant to have been about suburban housing, but very quickly segued into a lively discussion about the power of the Charles Booth maps of poverty in illuminating how poverty and prosperity follow the pattern of the streets. This led me to read his ‘An Anatomy of London’, which is now a set text for my students.

By: Tara Bradford

Tara Bradford — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:32:45 +0000

I’m so terribly sorry to hear of Sir Richard’s death. I’ve always admired his work and heard nothing but good things about his character and personality. I’m grateful that he published Two Houses in Spitalfields for all to see the beauty and charm of his life with the late Jocasta Innes.

By: Helene Rolin

Helene Rolin — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:07:30 +0000

An adoptive father, friend, confident, brilliant mind and of great inspiration. May the terrific conversation and endless stories inspire us. Holding a glass of wine on the George and Alice, at diner parties in Jocasta’s Kitchen or at the Pride. His visionary smile and sparkling eyes will be missed!

By: Persephone Lavinia FitzGerald

Persephone Lavinia FitzGerald — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:33:04 +0000

Adieu Dear Richard,

I will Always Remember ‘The Fun Trip’ with MJP that we All had across to Boulogne all those years ago and when you were so kind to me!

By: Alan Beal-Forbes

Alan Beal-Forbes — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:51:25 +0000

I was very interested to read about Sir Richard and fascinated by the interiors although I had not previously heard of him.
On a pure factual question I note the property is in Heneage Street. Does that street have any connexion with Sir Thomas Heneage,one of Elizabeth I`s courtiers,who acquired Copped Hall,Epping from her and whose remains are the subject of seasonal excavations by the West Essex Archaeological Group?
ABF

By: Ann and Marc

Ann and Marc — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:27:30 +0000

Richard was a wonderful person and a fantastic, supportive neighbour and friend. The Pride of Spitalfields is not the same without his regular visits for a pint or a red wine(drink in or takeaway). He had a genuine interest in the bar staff an customers and is sorely missed. The loss of Richard, Jocasta and Polly in such a short space of time leaves a massive hole in all of our lives.

By: John Cooper

John Cooper — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:17:40 +0000

You were lucky to have him as a resident for so many years. You might like my own small tribute to Richard : http://ow.ly/Acr5P

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:19:41 +0000

I too am sad to hear of the death of such a man, to me his character shines through in his face, and you would just know that you could trust him with anything in any circumstances. Although I thought I didn’t know him I am now not so sure as his face does look very familiar so perhaps, as I gather that he was a book buyer, he did visit my bookshop, I hope so as it would be nice to think that our paths did cross.

By: Achim

Achim — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:42:45 +0000

R.I.P., Sir Richard MacCormac (1938 – 2014)

Love & Peace
ACHIM