I was reading this article by Jonathan Glancey about Prescott’s scheme for affordable housing. Most of it was what you would expect, but one phrase just jumped out and smacked me between the eyes: Not that it matters much in the catalogue world of Train Window Housing, designed to look the same on greenfields, brownfields […]
Entries Tagged as 'Brighton'
Train window housing
August 10th, 2005 · Comments Off on Train window housing · Life
Tags: Brighton·Housing·Language·Maidenbower·Three Bridges·Town Planning
Brightonomicon and Sussex Stationers
July 15th, 2005 · Comments Off on Brightonomicon and Sussex Stationers · Life
If the phrases “Its a tradition or an old charter or something”, “some call me Laz”, “stout stick”, or prolific mention of sprouts, morris minors,the occult and the Chiswick Townswomens Guild ring any bells for you, you will know what I am talking about. Its the new book by Robert Rankin. Priced at £12.99 but […]
Crawley Labour Blogs
May 4th, 2005 · Comments Off on Crawley Labour Blogs · Politics
Thanks to him putting a comment here, I found that another member of Crawley Labour pary has a blog now. It has a rather unfortunate emphasis on Fulham FC, but I will forgive him that because he mentioned this blog and Spizzenergi. I didn’t know he liked Spizz (actually he didn’t know himself until he […]
Tags: bloggers4labour·Blogging·Brighton·Internet·Spizzenergi
Brighton
August 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Brighton · Work
Here is a perfect example of why I need to stop commuting… I left work early today and caught a Brighton train at Clapham Junction which was exactly one hour earlier than one I caught earlier in the week. (I was meeting J at Three Bridges station so didn’t need the Bognor/Chichester/Horsham trains which go […]