Okay, I absolutely promise that this is my last blog on Kevin McCloud for the rest of the year month week.
But as reported here, Kev’s company Hab (Happiness architecture beauty – and yes the lowercase acronym is intentional) got a bit of bad press over their decision to part ways with architects Wright and Wright.
In [...]

This blogging malarkey appears to have triggered an unexpected impulse within my synaptic gap, namely the constant need to reference the deity of property putdowns that is Kevin McCloud.
“I’m not obsessed!” I wailed at my boss on presentation of this latest subject.
“You have a picture of him on your computer,” he replied, in an annoyingly [...]

News reaches us of harsh happenings over at The Shire. The Hobbits, it seems, are facing an enemy of truly awesome proportions.
Not the demonic Lord Sauron with his Cradle of Filth threads; not the bad ass Black Riders; not even the plug ugly Orcs with their anger issues and gross dental hygiene …
Nah, this is [...]

Route 1 West in the real Anniesland-
not a pair of mouse ears in sight
Not content with sharing my name with an ingenious piece of eco design, I have just discovered, via a plug by Redrow for their Route 1 West  development, that there exists in Glasgow a district proudly bearing my moniker.
Anniesland - originally the [...]

Shoreham Harbour
Last year (October 2007), I heard a rumour that a super-size me development could be sprouting forth from Shoreham Harbour.
This was hardly news to me, a coastal dweller whose daily commute requires travelling past the Harbour along the narrow and congested strip (the A259) between Shoreham and Brighton.
Back in 2003 the kibosh was put [...]