Craig Austin

Functionalist dreamscape / post-modern nightmare. Switch off your shield, switch off and feel.

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

My photo-essay ‘A Design For (Modern) Life’ is in the latest Neighbourhood-themed issue of @modernistmag

A 70th anniversary love letter to Parkleys estate in Richmond, our local oasis of midcentury modernity, it name-checks Bowie, Nairn, and Monster energy drinks.

Link in bio.

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

There’s a proverb in Naples about people who don’t necessarily know much but like to sound like experts when things are easy. It goes quando il mare è calmo ogni strunz e marenar, or “when the sea is calm, every asshole is a sailor”

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@pipterino Her and Green from Scritti Politti - my home town’s sole celebrities.

[bob stanley @rocking_bob]

I’ve put a new John Barry comp together. I’m quite excited. Bond themes, plus obscurities from Man In The Middle, Dutchman, The Chase (US single version)…magical stuff. https://t.co/EsZAeayRVT

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@richardjparfitt So very sorry to hear this, Rich.

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@boscobel19751 I’ve trawled most of the pizza joints so would suggest Gorizia 1916.

[gillian darley @gilliandarley]

I just donated to 'Books for Spellow Lane' to help repair our library and replenish books for the kids. Every bit helps! Please donate, like, comment, and share to spread the word. 📚❤ #SupportSpellow https://t.co/1z2rI4SGY6

[Anita Singh @anitathetweeter]

Just a reminder that Britain is full of headteachers of outstanding schools in multicultural areas who just quietly get on with the job and don’t make stupid pronouncements on here for attention

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@simon_price01 (3) depends on how you’re pronouncing it. Bowie to rhyme with snowy, or otherwise. If it’s the latter, there are some people on our street who’d have made the team.

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@Paytress I also enjoyed this, for the same reasons as you, but suggest that the reviews probably had little to do with politics and are more likely to have been motivated by the chasm that exists between BG’s stated principles/ethics and his actions.

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@real_meaning ‘The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free’ by Paulina Bren

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@richardaucock @modernistmag Cheers, Richard.

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

My photo-essay ‘A Design For (Modern) Life’ is in the latest Neighbourhood-themed issue of @modernistmag

A 70th anniversary love letter to Parkleys estate in Richmond, our local oasis of midcentury modernity, it name-checks Bowie, Nairn, and Monster energy drinks.

Link in bio.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Edna O’Brien (1930–2024). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive.

https://t.co/RjQnKtdpro

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

At Gatwick - Britain’s sheux-iest airport.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

“I’ve got a tattoo of Kunta Kinte on me arm, I’m not racist” is a new one for me

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@i_am_mill_i_am @scrittipolitti Hard times, sucker MCs.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

sometimes ppl ask why they got blocked and it's bc you posted something annoying so i looked you up, found your address, went to your home, snuck inside, looked in your wardrobe, and didn't like what i saw

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

@EddyRhead @modernistmag Couldn’t agree more!

[Craig Austin @TheCraigAustin]

Celebrating 70 years of local modernism at Parkleys estate, Richmond.