Oddly, my news feed has just given me a related story about memories of Sharston Baths in Manchester, designed by the architect L.C. Howitt - a man who did brutalism well. As well as Sharston Baths, … (View Post)

A lot of France is like that in my experience. A good 70% of the country is Lincolnshire. (Not that there's anything inherently wrong with Lincolnshire, in moderation. But France offers just suc… (View Post)

The Barbican is a very interesting piece of urbanism - fascinating to visit, and I can understand why people like it there - it's well located, and from what I understand the flats are very nice… (View Post)

That's right! Which is inadvisable as for the first three-quarters of a mile or so of that it's not the most pedestrian-friendly of environments. I've only arrived by train once, but i… (View Post)

While we're on about that sort of thing: I was in Chester yesterday. The city of Chester within the walls is an unsung star in our urban firmament. Admittedly it's not quite as brimming wit… (View Post)