Very disappointing update from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, revealing a further delay to the publication of the Phase Two report. It will not be ready before the 7th anniversary and no new date has been given for its publication

grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/news/april-202…

Make no mistake. This is a government-sanctioned handover of wealth from ordinary people to landlords on a mass scale.

We need to take wealth and power back from landlords. We need rent controls now.

Trying, and failing, to point at the site of the LCC sculpture 'The Dockers' by Sydney Harpley, installed on the Lansbury estate, Poplar in 1962 with my LCC crest ring...made for me as a special birthday present ❤

Got myself to the PhotographersGallery 'Bert Hardy' exhibition. I knew him best for his Picture Post stuff and so really enjoyed learning about his wider work. Also picked up some housing and architecture zines in the shop.

Getting ready for today's Open City tour of Canary Wharf and East India. Something new is these charity boxes for guide dog charities. A colourful take on those animal figure charity boxes that used to be everywhere.

Great day out seeing 'Tropical Modernism' V&A today.

Managed to catch 'The Fabric of Democracy' a few weeks ago Fashion and Textile Museum and loved it! Looking forward to their next exhibition on Biba.

🖼️ 🌸 Bringing world cultures and the natural world together in South East London

The Horniman Museum and Gardens and Gardens is seeking three new trustees to provide vision, direction and accountability

Find out more and apply by 16 April
▶️ …for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8009

The 28 London Metropolitan Boroughs as instituted in 1900 under the London County Council; these existed until the 1965 local government changes that saw the GLC & #London Boroughs appear. From c.1931 Philips' Atlas. LCC municipal Back in Time West London #History

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Hello, it’s been a while… gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2024/03/19/hel…

Thrilled to have been featured on Imperial War Museums youtube channel discussing the post war rebuilding of London and Brutalism youtu.be/GMyVM0aQfMI

GREY bus seats?!?

In 2022, Dr Maja Hultman & I organised the 'Minorities, Gender, and Contested Urban Spaces, 1750-1950' symposium. We were intrigued about how the gendered experience of urban space was complicated by migration or minority experiences in different contexts and moments in history.

This Saturday's Open City tour of Woolwich is sold out. Looking forward to sharing the wonders of Woolwich and meeting people coming on the tour, as ever.

Sculpture for Mother's Day. Karin Jonzen's 'Mother and Child', installed on Sydenham Hill Estate by the LCC in 1960

Dr. Maria Tomlinson Pavilion Poetry Helen Calcutt Christian Rollinger Dr Nadine Viermann Translating Women ‘Pioneering Women Sculptors’: read the special issue in Sculpture Journal Volume 32.1, guest edited by Natalie Rudd, Dr Melanie Veasey, and Rosamund Lily West (she/her), on our website: bit.ly/Sculpture-Jour….

Pleasure to be teaching in Manchester today, where it seems to be spring!

Last week, I spent a freezing but brilliant day exploring architecture across the Isle of Dogs with the help of guides by Rosamund Lily West (she/her) Open City & Things You Can Buy 👏

Got me feeling v inspired for future projects!