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Event 52

Friday 13 November 2026 | 10.00 am

Event 52 | Peter Stanford | Gaudi

£12.00

Peter Stanford – Gaudi – God’s Architect

Today Antoni Gaudíʼs unfinished basilica, La Sagrada Família,welcomes five million visitors a year. Yet its creator died in a pauper’s hospital after he was hit by a tram and mistaken for a tramp. What led him to this fate? Even in the centenary year of his death, much about this unworldly genius remains a mystery. Telegraph writer Peter Stanford tries to make sense of it, treading in the great man’s footsteps from the Catalan countryside to industrial Barcelona, a city in which Gaudi was at once a loner and a celebrity. This revelatory biography explores how the tragedies and triumphs of Gaudiʼs life connect, and how the architectʼs work drew on his religious faith. He talks to broadcaster Gill Pyrah.

When: Friday 13 November 2026 @ 10.00 am
Where: Bull Ballroom

Description

Peter Stanford is an English author, journalist and prison reform campaigner. Best known for his acclaimed biographies – including the award-winning Lord Longford, Martin Luther and The Devil – and his writings on religious history, he is also a former editor of the Catholic Herald and current senior features writer for the Telegraph.

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