About Clive
Clive Aslet is a British writer and publisher born in 1955 who has spent his career documenting British architecture and countryside culture. He worked at Country Life magazine from 1977, serving 13 years as editor until 2006, then as editor-at-large. He has written more than 30 books including The Story of the Country House (Yale University Press, 2021), Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? (2023), and his debut novel The Birdcage (2014). He founded the publishing house Triglyph Books in 2019 with photographer Dylan Thomas.
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AuthorSpeakerHost / MCExpert / AcademicTV presentersBritish HistoryCountry HousesClassical ArchitecturePlanning And Countryside IssuesBritish Architecture
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- Editor of Country Life magazine
- author of over 30 books on architecture and British history
- founder of Triglyph Books
- visiting Professor of Architecture at University of Cambridge
- podcast host of 'Your Places or Mine
- Award-winning Writer
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