Sublime

In between, the couple of houses that Augustus had occupied on the Palatine Hill had grown to be a full blown palace. Nero was the most notorious of the first emperors for extravagant domestic building. His Golden House incorporated state-of-the-art luxury and engineering, but the size was just as striking. The residential quarters and parkland tog

Stukeley became a Freemason, and discovered – on being summoned to Kew Palace – that the then Princess of Wales shared his enthusiasm for Druidry. She apparently became the patroness of a Druid group that he organised, taking on the name ‘Veleda, Archdruidess of Kew’.