So weird sitting in the bar at St John and recognising the waiting staff from their Instagram

Thinking about the finite number of hours we have on this earth, and how many of them I spend eradicating body hair of many forms.

Call for papers: ‘Sixty years on from the London County Council: legacy, impact, learning’. Organising with Ruth Lang Dr Dawn Pereira and held at The London School of Architecture The London Archives in March 2025. DM me for the full call for papers. Deadline for abstracts is 16th October 2024 #LCC60

Fuck cancer.

Phwoar. Love a bit of Price-inspired infrastructure divisare.com/projects/50836… (Not so keen on the text, mind)

Misunderstanding this as a failure of education, and not the sectors they are being employed in? 🤔 Does this take into account subsequent career trajectory or… not. 🙄

Available now... ‘Pedagogies of Re-Use: The International School of Re-Construction’ edited by Duncan-Baker Brown (BakerBrown) & Graeme Brooker is an Open Access anthology celebrating 2021’s School of Reconstruction: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

Oh, get me away from here, I’m dying. Sing me a song to set me free…

🌴 Save Oasis Swindon (SOS) 🏊‍♂️ - #Oasis band are campaigning to restore & reopen Swindon's iconic #Oasis Leisure Centre. With the band back together 🎸 it's time this campaign gets the limelight. 👀

The tax set up in this country really gives a kicking to those with “portfolio careers”. Why should we contribute more just because we have to piece together fractional contracts?!

"A low-emissions solution is proposed; fear it might cause inconvenience or discomfort takes root; those with the means opt for high-emissions alternatives; greenhouse gases are emitted and inequality prevails. How do we break this cycle?" 👏 Smith Mordak @[email protected] dezeen.com/2024/08/08/par…

Last weekend to stream DRYING UP PALESTINE. Your PWYC donation will go directly بلدية غزة - Municipality of Gaza's repair fund and clean water distribution in Gaza. failedarchitecture.com/now-streaming-…

The social and procurement failings outlined in the Grenfell report can’t be ignored. We need systemic reform of these aspects, not just cladding panels.

The dark heart of this catastrophe lies in this simple, depressing narrative: the state stepped back, corporate greed stepped in and innocent people died. Bit by me for The Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Travelling on a train during Japanese Knotweed flowering time really brings home how this triffid-like plant is rapidly spreading around the country, apparently unchecked. The bright yellow flowers appearing everywhere should really be an alarm bell for the ecological &

A great job for someone passionate about The Green Transition, Industrial strategy, International Debt and Poverty. Watch Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP smashing it in his first maiden speech here: youtube.com/watch?v=ufqLPy…

I’m going to stop giving myself such a hard time about how many books I’ve not read yet, when there’s ones I know I’ve already read that I’ve forgotten entirely.