A Place to call Home: Where we live and why

Being from a new town, British town planning fascinates me and the RIBA are kindly holding this exhibition from 16th Feb – 28th April.

British design at the V&A

Can't wait for this exhibition to get going, looks amazing.

Tidal salt-water open air swimming pools

Whilst planning some bank holiday camping trips I came across this little gem of a site listing all the Tidal salt-water open air swimming pools in the UK. As facinating as the Lido's of the 1930's I've always wanted to visit as many as possible. A resource like this is handy, thanks.

Concorde: History, Development, Last Flight

Saw Concorde on a visit to Brooklands Museum at the weekend then found this nice documentary. Hairs on the back of your neck remains to be an understatement.

In the country…

New Pylons for the UK? This was the winner and below are a few of the runners up, have a look.

I hope it doesn't happen, the original 1920's pylon is a piece of classic British modernist design and is so familiar that you hardly notice them. Like the Motorway signage we developed it's function, with the perfect balance of form. Leave them as they are.

This image is from a fellow Blogger who I couldn't find a contact for - see his blog here.

Britain, Britain, Britain

The post office has just released this collection of rather typically British landmarks, there's something very ordinary about them too - we like.

Blackpool comedy carpet

Blackpool has a new carpet, a comedy one. Full of phrases and quotes from comedy greats and it pretty much looks like a massive letter press project, nice.