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In 1936, Auden wrote to the ghost of the long-dead Byron, to tell
him about recent developments in poetry and politics. 70 years
later, N.S. Thompson decided it was time somebody wrote to Auden in
order to bring him up to speed with events since his death in 1973.
Sir Nigel Thompson walked to school around the bomb craters of the
London Blitz-it made him want to build things, rather than knock
them down. After studying structural engineering in Africa, he
worked on hospitals and theaters in London, and later headed the
team that designed University of Qatar. He went on to design
Embankment Place, a massive office complex built over London's
Charing Cross railway station. Turning from building to rebuilding,
he explored construction opportunities for British firms during the
Gulf War, in Kuwait's still-burning oil fields. Following the 1999
bombing of Serbia and Kosovo, he led a reconstruction task force in
Kosovo at the request of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, for which he
was knighted. Thompson's memoir details his long career in
architectural design and construction, and in restorative
development.
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