I’d be a terrible conservator

…because I’d do something like this.

You’d think putting a cover over an ancient theatre would be a Good Idea. At least I would. This is the theatre at Eraclea Minoa and it’s crumbling under its canopy. It’s acting as a condensation trap and helping water seep into the sandstone. It’s very easy to criticise with hindsight, but when you look at other methods used to conserve sites, like the generous use of concrete that you can see at ancient sites across Europe, it does sound like something worth trying. They’re now, if I recall correctly, trying to get the money together to conserve the site as they planned and the extra to fix the problem with the previous attempt at conservation.