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At Home With Jimmy Carter and Don DeLillo

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

I read White Noise recently and noticed by chance that Picador have bizarrely just published a 40th anniversary edition of Don DeLillo’s book, although it was first published in 1985. Perhaps it is the accumulated prescience of the book that … Continue reading →

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Living Inside Dead Turtles.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

What is happening in this image below, badly captured on my phone? Is it a picture of a man under threat from a natural disaster? Is it a warning? If it is, what is it a warning against? The man … Continue reading →

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Inspiration: Nigel Peake

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

I have been following the work of illustrator Nigel Peake since I published his student thesis in the Scottish architecture magazine Prospect just before he won a Silver Commendation in the RIBA President’s Medal in 2005.  Since then he has … Continue reading →

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Live at the Aquatic

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

18th Fina Visa Diving World Cup, Monday 20 February 2012 at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park London. First competitive use of the Aquatics Centre diving boards.

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UNESCO and its discontents

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

Reblogged from citythreepointzero: Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town, from Salisbury Crags A question via twitter from ‘Feria Urbanism’ (hi there..): should Liverpool fear the loss of UNESCO World Heritage Site status? The question refers to Peel Holdings’ ‘Liverpool Waters’, … Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Velodrome

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Thursday 16th February 2012, Men and Women’s Team Pursuit Qualification. First time the Olympic Park Velodrome in London is used for competition.

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All Your Base Are Built By Us.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

As the BBC former Economic Editor Evan Davis pointed out in his recent TV series Made in Britain, not only is the UK still the 5th largest industrial nation, but it reached its peak industrial production not in 1890 or … Continue reading →

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Occupation should be a right rather than a form of protest.

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

During the recent protests in Greece there was a moment in which the struggle against impending privatisation became concrete. In Thessaloniki, protesters hung a large banner from the city’s main landmark, the White Tower, which said “for sale” as a … Continue reading →

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Designing Trees: A Short Article Which Isn’t About The London Riots

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

I’m not one of those people who sees in every news event an architectural solution. Much of the rioting that is taking place in London, and particularly in my home borough Hackney can be put down to a combination of … Continue reading →

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Taking Sinclair Personally

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

It is hard not to respond to Ghost Milk on a personal level. It is a book about the Olympic Games – an issue I am fascinated by – and its setting is Hackney – the place where I live. … Continue reading →

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