Rising sea levels, and the changing patterns of our more unpredictable weather are already presenting us with a dilemma – to what extent do we try to fight nature, such as holding back incoming surge tides at The Thames Barrier … Continue reading
In Jacque Tati’s hilarious film ‘Playtime’, Monsieur Hulot, the buffoon hero parodies the house as a machine for living. The owners of a gadget-ridden house are baffled by its technology, which M. Hulot manages to cause to malfunction, all to … Continue reading
I had always wanted to see the gardens of Lake Como and it came as a surprise, on a weekend trip to Milan, to find that I was only 35 minutes from Como by train. This proved to be an … Continue reading