For anyone looking to defend British manufacturing against the ill-informed belief that “We don’t make anything anymore”, I would point you towards the UK rail industry, as whilst the automotive renaissance has rightly stolen many of the headlines in recent years, with new vehicle production in 2016 hitting the highest output for 17 years, rail…
Remembering the City of London’s Big Bang Architecture
For the past six years, I’ve worked right in the heart of the City of London, at 25 Copthall Avenue – for those City veterans that started work in the square mile back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, it is simply known as ‘the old Flemings building’, given that it once served as…
Revealing the original tiling at 224, Muswell Hill Broadway
If there’s one element of architectural detailing that I appreciate beyond all others, it’s decorative tiling – among my most treasured possessions is Doug Rose’s incredible book, ‘Tiles of the Unexpected’, which provides an unrivalled study of the near-two million tiles that were fitted to the ticket halls, passages and platforms of the three deep-level…
Manchester City Police Headquarters, Bootle Street, M.2
A look at George Noel Hill’s ‘City Police Headquarters’ on Manchester’s Bootle Street, M.2.
Remembering Albert and Frederick Cawley
Remembering Albert and Frederick Cawley, both ‘Killed in Action’ during The Battle of the Somme, September 1916.
The New Wipers Times 