The Alhambra Is a Monument to the Brutal Subjection of Imperial Territories

European craftsmen have put an awful lot of work into the Alhambra. What you're seeing today is a tribute to hard work by tile workers and stucco carvers who were Spanish or European anyway. We don't want to see the slavery, the imperialism and appalling misogyny that the Parliament was built on. Washington Irving found it this sensual, lazy place where one could hide all the days away. Owen Jones says, my goodness, British industry commerce can learn from these designs and improve our exports. Other people, particularly the ghastly blooms, we thought this is just too vulgar for words. People who reject things.