Stephen Gardiner

Stephen Gardiner was brought up against a literary and arts background. His grandfather was the editor of the ‘Daily News’. His father was the painter and pioneering principal of Goldsmiths’ College of Art and his mother a student of Sickert’s.

A practising architect, he has been the architectural correspondent of ‘London Magazine’, the ‘Spectator’, the ‘Observer’ and is now a contributor to ‘The Times’. His books include ‘Epstein’ (Flamingo, 1993) and ‘Le Corbusier’ (Fontana Modern Masters, 1974), as well as two novels. He has lectured widely in the USA, has appeared on television and been a frequent broadcaster on radio. He is married and lives in Chelsea.