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Frames, facades, finials and flourishes: how buildings tell stories.
I have a window fetish. There, I’ve said it. Mullions or muntins* of different widths make my hair stand on end; they let the building down, its facade a jumble. Simply put, both God and the Devil are in the detail … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Buildings, Craft, design, Design and architecture, Life and romance, London, property, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, Art, balconies, brick, building design, Buildings, cities, Craft, design, finials, glass, history, life, modernism, sculpture, sculture, steel, streetscape, towns, urban design
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Moving house, Spandangled, Spain … and the joy of magic pants.
Fortewinks’ May post was delivered with little insight as to the Very Difficult Time that was unfolding. Because every now and then the outcome of precipitous events does not become clear until later: this was such an episode. Shortly after … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Design and architecture, Entertaining, Family, Food and wine, Friends, holiday, Home, Life and romance, London, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, boyfriend, business, Dance, design, East London, france, girlfriend, holidays, Home, humour, investment, lettings, life, love, spain, Texas
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Carry On Construction: the modular home and merchant banker
My PR consultancy closed its doors some time ago, so I was surprised and pleased to be approached last November by a trio of Gentlemen to whom I had been recommended for management and media services. Flattering indeed. The Gentlemen … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Design and architecture, Life and romance, PR, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, Carry On, civil servant, construction, contracts, design, Financial services, investment, investor, lawyers, Merchant bank, modular building, payment, PR, Private bank, publicity, Reggie Perrin
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Preparing for Launch: how The Hood came good
A launch isn’t just any old launch when it’s yours. When you are CEO of the company launching the thing to be launched, you can’t feign invisibility, safe in the knowledge that your lack of cuticle care will go unnoticed. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entertaining, Food and wine, London, Uncategorized
Tagged 3Thirty, Andy Goldberg, business, CEO, clothes, Cowshed, Dames Chair, design, Dr Vincent Forte, Eyre Brothers, fashion, Forte Medical, Giovanna Forte, manicure, Mark Hix, Medical Futures, MSU, Neighbours, pamper, pedicure, Peezy, product launch, Rivington, shoes, Shoreditch, Shoreditch House, Sonia Rykiel, Start, Tramshed, women in business
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