• The Lebanese House; Shattered Glass of Beirut; Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime – review

    The Lebanese House; Shattered Glass of Beirut; Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime – review
    V&A; British Museum, London
    In all their ruined glory a Beirut house and ancient glassware are recreated or restored, two years after the city’s devastating port explosion. Plus, a magnificent snapshot of postwar Britain’s industrial mightIn August 2020, some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate carelessly stored in Beirut’s ancient port suddenly exploded. The blast, one of the worst in world history, released a fireball miles into the air. In the briefest of moments before the

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