Dulwich Picture Gallery, phone box, Sir John Soane
In Dulwich OnView, new content on January 5, 2010 at 9:43 am
Here’s something interesting.
I learned recently the deisgner of the red phone box – now sadly no longer in production – was a good friend of Sir John Soane, architect of, among many other grand projects, Dulwich Picture Gallery. There’s an example of this iconic piece of design in the grounds of the Gallery as a nod to the inspiration from whence it came. If you look closely, the top of the mausoleum in the Gallery has a similar shape to that of the red phone box. And it’s a design which has spread far and wide ever since. Examples of the old phone boxes can be found all over the globe. I found one recently in Bilbao. There’s a piece all about it on Dulwich OnView today.
Awards 2009, facebook, i-phone app, Jeremy Kyle, JLS, Marvin, trainline
In Uncategorized on December 29, 2009 at 11:26 am
The final instalment of my awards this year is for services for entertainment new technologies.
Facebook status update of the year comes from someone I forget, but they wrote: X thinks if you give a person a fish you feed them for a day, teach a person to use facebook and they won’t bother you for weeks.
i-phone application of the year is awarded to the trainline app, for changing my life (partly due to the i-phone itself) and always making sure I know when trains to East Dulwich are running. It even runs faster than the main trainline website.
The Self-Employed Homeworkers’ Daytime TV Award goes, in this first year, to Jeremy Kyle for services to waterproof mascara and out-and-out public humiliation.
Finally, the Special Sit-ups Award is awarded this year to Marvin from JLS for keeping us smiling all year.
176, 40, Awards 2009, M4, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Pret a Manger
In Uncategorized on December 28, 2009 at 10:19 am
The second instalment of my awards for 2009, charting my best bits of the year, relates to transport and catering.
Motorway of the year has to go to the M4 for always being clear and for having lots of service stations with M&S food outlets. Always a pleasure when you’re on the move.
Bus of the year – the 176 is always a high contender for its regularity and 24-hour service, but this year it was just pipped at the post by the 40. This route had a new fleet of vehicles in 2009, making it smell a lot less like fried chicken.
Sandwich of the year has to go to Pret a Manger’s Crayfish and Rocket sandwich which, even though it has 370 calories, is a quite a treat on any day.
The inaugural Ruining Christmas Eating Award goes to Morrisons supermarket who have placed adverts this year featuring their festive Wensleydale with apricot and amaretto. Who on earth thought that was a good idea? That said, they did go some way to re-establishing their brand with me when they launched their online cheeseboard creator. Try it out!
