The wonderful donation by The Duke of Westminster of Stanford Hall to the nation has hit the mainstream media. Yesterday, The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday covered the story. Today it was picked up by The Express.
It’s a little depressing how the papers get their facts wrong. Obviously I can only comment on the points they wrote about Sir Julien Cahn or Stanford Hall. The Mail printed a picture of the wrong Stanford Hall… The Sunday Times commented that Sir Julien was the son of a greengrocer. Incorrect. Albert Cahn was a furniture retailer. Sir Julien did not amass a fabulous art collection. The pictures that hung on the walls of Stanford Hall were rented from the Earl of Harrington and were returned on Sir Julien’s death! All the same, the coverage was great, and I for one, am thrilled that Stanford Hall has such a noble future.
