Country Life’s cultural columnist Athena on the astonishing progress being made in the rebuilding of Notre-Dame de Paris — and how an exhibition in London shows what is being done.
It feels a long time since April 15, 2019, when the world stopped in horror to watch Notre Dame in Paris being consumed by fire. The roofless shell of the cathedral was still smouldering when President Macron stated his determination to restore the building within five years. Athena was…