We are so lucky to be able to blame the shortage of Italians in London because of Brexit, those poor Belgians don’t have the same luxury of explaining the absence of French ones. brusselstimes.com/688116/over-80…

Other reasons why Italian waiters might be in short supply in London. reuters.com/markets/europe…

Sure, just building milllions more homes won't solve the housing crisis. But you can't solve the housing crisis without building millions more homes.

Paul Klee - Dream City, 1921

Richard Sennett on the money when it comes to psychological solutions to the social problem caused by the psychological turn.

Gio Ponti, Venini & C. 1946-1950 📸Venini & C.

Why is no one talking about the Lovecraftian horror of Myaku Myaku, the mascot of the 2025 World Expo in Japan? The organisers aren't even hiding its Thing-like awfulness. They say it's: 'a mysterious creature born from the unification of cells and water'.
Is it an actual tumour?

I hate it when the guests on In Our Time turn down the offer of tea at the end, as if there's somewhere else they need to be. Rushing off to do another radio show about the Phoenician alphabet are you?

Couple of things:
1. It's not Tories saying this but the young people who are considering voting for you.
2. It's not night time in these pictures.
Apart from that, if you are going to the bar mines a £8 pint of Staropramen. #cheers

Ivan Morison’s contribution to the Trienniale Brugge on the beach at Zeebrugge is excellent. An industrial sandcastle. #tribru24

Why are you always wanging on about LTNs Tim?
This aside from Alex Hochuli 🇰🇬🇲🇭🇰🇮🇸🇨🇲🇿 in his piece on how we experience time in hypermodernity is a good part of it.
damagemag.com/2024/04/09/fro…

The Heisenberg quality of LTNs. They can simultaneously be nothing at all and a complete reinvention of urban living, depending on who you are talking to.

Provincial Flemish eclecticism is hard to beat.

They told us that a focus on their idea of beauty would stop the NIMBYs. That didn't happen. So it's time for some good old fashioned 'nothing to see here.'

Latest news: unbelievable levels of Everton happening at Everton.