The benefits of minimalism in architecture - FT.com -
John Pawson, whose stripped-down style was touted as setting the scene for the new millennium, talks about why monks make the ideal clients
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Chris Arnade Photography: The War on Drugs is a War Against the Poor -
The police, narcotics, and vice all swarmed Hunts Point two weeks ago in a crackdown that netted low-level possession, dealing, and prostitution charges. It also ensnared Takeesha who is now serving a two-month sentence in Rikers.
This is common. Presently ten of my Bronx…
Crying is the New Black
There was a point at which one wag declared “Comedy is the New Rock and Roll”. This was on the back…
Chris Arnade Photography: The War on Drugs is a War Against the Poor -
The police, narcotics, and vice all swarmed Hunts Point two weeks ago in a crackdown that netted low-level possession, dealing, and prostitution charges. It also ensnared Takeesha who is now serving a two-month sentence in Rikers.
This is common. Presently ten of my Bronx…
Sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. And see video of him. — http://bit.ly/14NKKFJ
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Chris Arnade Photography: Dope Sick and Desperate -
Neecy was leaning against two old dumpsters. “You have a copy of my picture, the one in the cave, the one when I broke eight months clean and shot up two bundles?”
“I do have it. But it’s a really painful picture. No disrespect but you look awful in that one.”
“I know I do. That is why…
A Special Sock, and a Special “Baby”
Fleeing off my head on the good drugs they give you in hospital, I confided, possibly quite loudly,…
Leather Lane London Love
Sooo…. I went to see the Leather Lane flat this morning. When I got there she wasn’t properly up,…
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Gardening and a Possible Swap
I am still illish, quite ill. Very tired. But I have had a bite on Homeswappers, and am going to…
So, I should be blogging for migraine awareness… but I am too ill
Fittingly, I couldn’t start blogging for Migraine Awareness Monthyesterday because I wasn’t well…
Holiday Snaps
The photos to complement previous posts When in Spain and Work, Rest, and Play
everything was…
Work, Rest, and Play
I’d spent an ill advised few weeks in Australia before moving to London, and if I was to pay back the now frightening couple of grand debt I was in I’d have to be somewhere I could work. My first London job, making replica food was…
It is easy to be critical of someone else’s idea of decor, and when on holiday it is all but compulsory. Casa Zenia offered us so many ins that we happily snorted our way to bed on the first night, confirming our evidently superior taste while winding…
Holiday Horse, Tumblr Days, and a Giraffe
My life is exceptionally dull right now, although it is the run up to hollybags, so there will be…