On stumbling across a house I liked I’ve discovered Italian architect and interior/furniture/set designer Gae Aulenti. She designed the Musée d’Orsay as well as super cool showrooms for Fiat and Olivetti plus a bunch of private homes – I slept through all of that apparently. She died aged 84 at the end of 2012 and as the […]
Well I’m back to a 50mph wind off the sea and a flat full of damp chalk dust (coastal erosion is real folks and it’s collecting on my ornaments). To take the sting out of leaving Corfu I was immediately Googling rustic ruins to buy. The beautiful old olive presses and cottages of Corfu has […]
So Ros is on holiday and I’ve been sick for FOUR WEEKS. I’ve already moaned to every person I know or don’t know who stands still long enough, so announcing it on the blog really is redundant. Anyway, I’ve got a list of meaningful things to write about in due course – I say meaningful […]
Grab yer swimmers Uncle Albert – looks like Peckham lido might be brought back from the dead. When I lived in Peckham I was always fascinated by the little blue podium thingy that was hidden under the bushes at the top end of the Rye. Being a relentless nerd detective, I saw that it corresponded […]
I know, you’ve been dying to see my creations from the 3-week ceramics course I did at Matt Raw’s workshop. First some background on our teacher. Matt is from Manchester and studied at the University of Brighton then the RCA. He’s done lots of group shows and a residency at the V&A as well as […]