Researching and writing about Reggie Cooper has been an absorbing task over the last few years, not least during the pandemic. Impossible to visit archives in person, online resources and emails allowed it to chug along. And then, later, the joy of being able to visit sources and sites in person (West Horsley Place, in Surrey, home to Reggie’s mother between 1921 and 1931; Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire and Houghton Hall in Norfolk, were particularly memorable). After several redrafts and some agonising over which of the many images to use as illustrations, the article has been submitted for publication.
Historian – Curator – Writer