Patricia Brown
@patricialondon.bsky.social
Cares about people and cities. Rather allergic to the word "can't"...
Always delighted when well designed infrastructure is recognised. How will the long mooted oversite development impact this? @graeme-craig.bsky.social ?
Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Always delighted when well designed infrastructure is recognised. How will the long mooted oversite development impact this? @graeme-craig.bsky.social ?
One person's bougie is another person's soulless chain filled high street. Give me a good hardware store over Sweaty Betty any day. I find the @knightfrank.bsky.social ranking suspect, especially placing Shad Thames (no there there) over bustling neighbourhood offer of Lordhship Lane.cc @mr.place
August 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One person's bougie is another person's soulless chain filled high street. Give me a good hardware store over Sweaty Betty any day. I find the @knightfrank.bsky.social ranking suspect, especially placing Shad Thames (no there there) over bustling neighbourhood offer of Lordhship Lane.cc @mr.place
Glorious article by @timhayward.bsky.social on how his keeness on the perfect ice cube led him to an industrial estate in Millwall and the Ice Man... plus a recipe for making your own (no - not just water and an ice cube tray)
How to make the perfect ice cube https://on.ft.com/3GTfBji
How to make the perfect ice cube
Good drinks deserve chunky, crystal-clear ice
on.ft.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Glorious article by @timhayward.bsky.social on how his keeness on the perfect ice cube led him to an industrial estate in Millwall and the Ice Man... plus a recipe for making your own (no - not just water and an ice cube tray)
Another Amy Sherald work came to mind reading this powerful piece on the heartbreaking but also heartwarming struggle of one farmer. While this is Colorado there's no doubt familiar aspects to farmers in Cumbria
June 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Another Amy Sherald work came to mind reading this powerful piece on the heartbreaking but also heartwarming struggle of one farmer. While this is Colorado there's no doubt familiar aspects to farmers in Cumbria
So wonderful to see Amy Sherald's exquisite portrait Michelle Obama in @whitney.org "American Sublime". Truly mesmerising
June 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So wonderful to see Amy Sherald's exquisite portrait Michelle Obama in @whitney.org "American Sublime". Truly mesmerising
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Thanks so much to John for inviting me to defend Swindon, a place I love - as did Ian Nairn. Here, for your delight, is the Swindon branch of Chelsea Girl c.1978 - a bit of Greenwich Village in the English West Country.
December 27, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Thanks so much to John for inviting me to defend Swindon, a place I love - as did Ian Nairn. Here, for your delight, is the Swindon branch of Chelsea Girl c.1978 - a bit of Greenwich Village in the English West Country.
When we wish upon a star...
Hope your Christmas is what you wish for, and 2025 brings happiness.
I'm still rooting for a more peaceful world, too
Hope your Christmas is what you wish for, and 2025 brings happiness.
I'm still rooting for a more peaceful world, too
December 25, 2024 at 8:07 AM
When we wish upon a star...
Hope your Christmas is what you wish for, and 2025 brings happiness.
I'm still rooting for a more peaceful world, too
Hope your Christmas is what you wish for, and 2025 brings happiness.
I'm still rooting for a more peaceful world, too
It's a sad sign that £s for potholes makes national news, an indictment of fraying public realm due to lack of gov't investment. The progress we made on quality spaces in '00s has been eroded by patched pavements, worn zebra Xings & hazardous road surfaces, with ££m spent on compensation instead
Potholes can be both dangerous and costly to road users.
It’s welcome news that the new government has announced vital funding to upgrade Britain’s highways, including a substantial allocation to London's boroughs.
It’s welcome news that the new government has announced vital funding to upgrade Britain’s highways, including a substantial allocation to London's boroughs.
Seven million more potholes to be filled next year as public urged to report roads in need of repair
Councils will receive £1.6 billion in funding to repair roads and fill potholes to start to reverse a decade of decline on our roads.
www.gov.uk
December 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
It's a sad sign that £s for potholes makes national news, an indictment of fraying public realm due to lack of gov't investment. The progress we made on quality spaces in '00s has been eroded by patched pavements, worn zebra Xings & hazardous road surfaces, with ££m spent on compensation instead
...just 1 of 135 that supported reopening of Spellow library, brought by the sheer effort of the community...
We #ShareTheLight @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social in solidarity with Spellow Lane Library, Liverpool which reopens tomorrow - being renewed after its attack in the racist riots of the summer
We #ShareTheLight @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social in solidarity with Spellow Lane Library, Liverpool which reopens tomorrow - being renewed after its attack in the racist riots of the summer
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM
...just 1 of 135 that supported reopening of Spellow library, brought by the sheer effort of the community...
We #ShareTheLight @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social in solidarity with Spellow Lane Library, Liverpool which reopens tomorrow - being renewed after its attack in the racist riots of the summer
We #ShareTheLight @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social in solidarity with Spellow Lane Library, Liverpool which reopens tomorrow - being renewed after its attack in the racist riots of the summer
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What.A.Night. #MassiveAttack have been at the top of my list since 1991, @cocteauofficial.bsky.social before that. Well @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @cultureliverpool.bsky.social you have me the best gig of my life.. and the strongest message - act don’t talk. Now to pay my @ecotricity.bsky.social bill
November 30, 2024 at 9:55 AM
What.A.Night. #MassiveAttack have been at the top of my list since 1991, @cocteauofficial.bsky.social before that. Well @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @cultureliverpool.bsky.social you have me the best gig of my life.. and the strongest message - act don’t talk. Now to pay my @ecotricity.bsky.social bill
Looks like this is worth a listen @mr.place www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Looks like this is worth a listen @mr.place www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...