Since late Victorian times, the numbers are up (by half - ish) but the rate is down (by a third - ish) due to the population being up by 90-95% since 1901. These are the numbers 1898 to 1997, but nee… (View Post)

I think brick suffers a little if it is missing what a University friend used to call "niggely bits" ie detail. Being in an architectural family, I grew up browsing the "Brick Bulletin… (View Post)

I'm a fan of patterned brick, and use of glazed or blue engineered types. I quite like garden walls made out of blue brick, with red detailing. The last one I did I was thinking about a dog or s… (View Post)

Has it ever been used on a PMB? (View Post)

A contrarian view from Ambrose at the Telegraph: Britain is on the cusp of an economic boom – no thanks to Labour The UK’s private economy has an extremely healthy balance sheet. But it must fully em… (View Post)