helen bowman

Buildings & politics. Insightful musings stolen? Procrastinator. Cornish. Working in built heritage. Attempting PhD on post-war urban good stuff.

[C20 Society @C20Society]

UPDATE: Councillors have rejected plans to demolish the former Central Cinema (1930) in Cambridge, following objections from C20 Society.

Solution? Retain the handsome Art Deco façade and incorporate it into a new office and retail development behind.

See here for other examples: https://t.co/wWlmRZhH2y

[C20 Society @C20Society]

UPDATE: Sad news via @andybrammers, that the lovely 1923 Clough Williams-Ellis cottage in Oxford has now been demolished.

It was commissioned by the Canadian author and early 20th century feminist Lily Dougall, and her same-sex partner Sophia Earp.

C20 Society attempted to save the property back in 2022, but our application to spot list was rejected.

[Present & Correct @presentcorrect]

The Japanese museum of rocks that look like faces.
https://t.co/QAl19U0Wuf

[Kate isn't really here any more @katebevan]

We do not have "an abortion problem" in the UK. We have an evidence-based healthcare system working on the principle that women are human beings with agency over their bodies. Away with your American bullshit.

[BelindaSales. @sales_belinda]

No, it's not "cynical" Charlotte. @adilray is 100% spot on. Glad someone from the media is saying it. #RoyalScandal
#GMB

[helen bowman @helybow]

@RightWingCope Most importantly he made Eric stand at the back behind his own wife and elon. Despite all his efforts, Eric is relegated to bridesmaid. Again.

[C20 Society @C20Society]

NEWS // Three 1970s concrete murals by artists Henry and Joyce Collins, affixed to a Sainsbury's supermarket in Bexhill, East Sussex, have been restored thanks to local volunteers from the Bexhill Heritage conservation group.

➡️ https://t.co/LLW2aXlotL

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Some liberals called for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire before Donald Trump returns to the White House. But Democrats would struggle to confirm a replacement. https://t.co/KbhQBZvd21

[W.E.B. DaBoi @Tyre_94]

The Trump administration interviewing cabinet appointees

[helen bowman @helybow]

@TimesRadio @hugorifkind @SuellaBraverman 'Lets find an international relations expert. Oh no, hang on, lets just go with suella'. For god's sake.

[Cornish Buildings Group @CbgCornwall]

The Cornish Buildings Group strongly opposes the proposed demolition of the Grade II-listed St Paul's Church, Truro.
Read why the CBG feel that this important C19 church should not be left to the wreckers ball 👉 https://t.co/pid5EJ9MaY

@thevicsoc @SAVEBrit @hbap1924

[Stoke Newington History @HistoryOfStokey]

I was kindly invited to visit and document a Victorian house on one of the streets off Stoke Newington Church Street, which retains various original features.

The owner, who recently passed away at the age of 86, had moved into the house with his parents in 1948. There is no central heating, and I was told that the small brick structure in the garden is a WWII bomb shelter. The house also has lovely carpentry and plasterwork.

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[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

Cwmbran was designated a New Town on 4 November 1949. Here's some good background from @RCAHMWales:
https://t.co/d6QscgRIPu

[Paul Sweeney MSP @PaulJSweeney]

So much for the planning condition to salvage and store the cast iron glazing screen. The bottom of the frame has just been viciously shattered and skipped.

I asked @GlasgowCC Planning Enforcement to ensure this condition was fully adhered to, but they clearly have not bothered.

[WowHaus @WowHauser]

I know you shouldn't buy an album blindly purely for its cover, but in this case I might make an exception.

[Tom Baldwin @TomBaldwin66]

The Times splashes on the views of James Dyson who thinks the Budget is really unfair to people like him. That’s a billionaire who backed Brexit then moved his firm to Singapore - and owns more than 30k acres of UK farmland. But you wouldn’t know any of that from this article.

[C20 Society @C20Society]

“The Square Mile will be so much the poorer and blander without its theatrical slice of Gotham on the skyline”

C20 speaks to @RowanMoore in the @ObserverUK on the impending loss of the neo-Gothic PoMo Minster Court (Gollins, Melvin & Ward Partnership, 1987-93)

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I'm so sorry - our budget was never meant to affect ordinary working people like Julie and John, with 60 rental properties and a boat.

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Just possible that a US tech billionaire might not be the most knowledgeable source of info on UK agricultural property relief.