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Modern Colonnades
An epic journey from Portmeirion to Croydon via Oswestry Services, and a tale of three colonnades.
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The past and future of London
Ian Nairn (in 1964) and Ken Livingstone (in 1982) show us where the capital has been and where we're headed...
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A pride of Lyons
What did the great modernist SPAN architect Eric Lyons have to do with the New Towns?
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Summer Rambling
How is your summer going? I am in the midst of interviewing people for my next book, on LGBTQ people’s experience of suburbia in the twentieth century…
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Spacer
An upcoming Docklands walk, a trip round Space House, and the final part of The Paint Job.
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Two inspirational lives
An appreciation of Elain Harwood and Joe McNally
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Engelbert Humperdinck Crescent
Architectural Book Awards and part 2 of The Paint Job
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Welcome to Temporary Towers
Spring events and part 1 of a new essay, The Paint Job
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