Has EH bowed to political pressure on Robin Hood?

2008-05-23T00:00:00

Robin Hood Gardens: was it out of date when it was built in 1972?

Commissioners feared the reaction if they supported listing says Catherine Croft, director of the Twentieth Century Society; no, this building just doesn’t make the grade, argues EH chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart

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