News this week that the UK government has (finally) recognised the need to help people with their energy bills is welcome indeed. The governor of the Bank of England states: …
Energy Costs – The Bleak Reality
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It’s Basically A House On A Boat
I have been living on this boat since September. Essentially, it’s a long corridor. It’s 45 ft and as wide as my arm span – 6 …
Surfaces, Materiality and Light
Surfaces of Light I know this room so well and yet through every season it looks very different. Light has the power to transform an …
War – And The Place We Call Home
Disturbing images from war-torn Ukraine show just how fragile our home life can be. For anyone. In war, our home can be lost to us in …
Apartment Living – A New Experience.
Apartment: Interview March 2022 It’s a modern apartment. There is a small hallway when you come in …. a bathroom to the left… a double bedroom …
Geography And The Lived Experience Of Design.
Space, Geography, Interior Design – and everything in between There is much more to interior design than a ‘beautiful home’. People tend to assume interior …
I Am The Third Generation On This Hill Farm.
Farm: Interview October 2021 We built the house ourselves on a site on the family farm. Work started on 19 May 2000 and we moved …
To Be Near The Sea: To Paint, To Live.
Living by the sea: Interview October 2021 For 16 years my husband and I had been living in a really nice terraced farmer’s cottage in …
Grayson’s Art Club: An Exploration of Stories, Home And People.
Grayson’s Artclub – TV series and exhibition. April 2020, in the middle of Lockdown 1, Grayson’s Artclub first appeared on our TV screens. A masterstroke of …
I Create The World Of The Story
Interview with production designer, Melanie Allen. What is the role of a production designer? A production designer’s role is to interpret the script and to work in …