Lapsed architect, project manager, excited by great art, design too nostalgic for 70s music cars and brutalism, arsenal fan father of 4, serial Oxford resident
@C20Society@modernistsoc But as the “Pop Music Museum” for 5 years (?) it wasn’t great was it? Much better now as a Students’ Union. Future use - tick - but should’t listing take into account response to brief?
It's International Women's Day 2025.
Like every year, we will be ignoring the PR posts from architectural offices — and instead highlighting the gender pay gap data from some of the UK's largest practices.
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Thanks to North Oxford Trees and Gardens for their amazing crown reduction of our cherished Horse Chestnut - our Span estate was built around it after Tolkien stopped it from being felled. Props to their working Landies too - not fashion accessories!
@BBCPM I’ve just heard the about removing boarding information trial at Kings X. Pointless and patronising.
They can close barriers 1 min before departure anyway. The departure board is some distance from platforms. Stop meddling and let passengers have the information they need!
This is the house on Davenant Road Oxford that @C20CenturySociety want to save. I’ve walked past it many times like today and admired it’s simplicity. Turns out it was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis (Portmeirion) so definitely worth listing G2 I’d say ✊
How it’s going - sadly. I don’t mind replacement of time expired 20s bungalows that under-use site with a new family house but this shouldn’t
have happened
Didn't like the way this @JDVance1 bloke (newly picked as #Trump's running mate) slagged off the UK lately. Looked into him. Not great. Made a parody song inspired by @ABBA called "Vance VP" 🎶
Shout out #americast (@BBCsarahsmith/@awzurcher) & @RestIsPolitics for ℹ️ profiles 👍
@chilternrailway lost property found on the 21:35 Marylebone to Oxford last night, Friday. Looks like a Xmas party goody bag. Anyone who recognises it please DM me and we’ll arrange to return. If we don’t here we’ll take to Oxford Parkway for safekeeping
Sad about Benjamin Zephaniah. I was already a fan when he opened a Hackney housing scheme I’d been job architect for in 93. He read out a poem he’d written about it - wish I’d kept it. He was funny humble and warm but punched hard politically R.I.P.
Today we celebrate 75 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, and the dawn of modern multicultural Britain.
The historic Riverside Station & landing stage at Tilbury (design Sir Edwin Cooper, 1924), are Grade II* listed as part of our national heritage.