It’s been a slow news fortnight, Olympics aside. Fancy something else to look at? Let me offer you a random rag-bag of online diversions… A Real Reveal by my friend Decorator’s Notebook of the wall display she’s put up in her bathroom. Thinking of doing the same? She’s included a brilliant step-by-step how-to. SoBinique’s post […]
Some rather wintery photos on what is meant to be a beautiful hot day, but these simple, almost stark pots caught my eye. They are by ceramicist Alison Rees who exhibited at New Designers and was invited back to their One Year On show this year. As I didn’t go to New Designers – because […]
Half of Mr MFH’s family are from Bethlehem so I’ve earmarked this event from the London Festival Of Architecture to visit before it finishes on 11 August. It’s the Palestine Sunbird Pavilion (at the Dreamspace Gallery), so called as a reference to the occupied territory’s local birdlife and the little known fact that the area […]
I found these incredible images of homes in the Philippines via the Commune Design tumblr, and had to share them. They were taken by photographer Peter Bialobrzeski at the Baceco compound, a squatter camp near the Port of Manila, home to an estimated 70,000 people. If you want to read more about the photographs and […]
I don’t mean what kind of neighbours you have or what day the bins go out. More, have you ever wondered about the origins of your street’s name? I started web searching mine this week and pretty easily found myself here. In a nutshell, my street is named after a posh family from Camberwell whose ancestors were […]