Milan. Drop City. Railway arches being repurposed as studios and workshops in real time.

A reminder of how news that the Conservative Party Chairman failed to pay millions of pounds he owed in tax, was reported.

Conversation pits: Perennially on the brink of a return? ⁦FT Weekend⁩

This is surely an AI headline.

An investigation with no point as there’s a one year statute of limitations.

Very nice. Public conversation pits.

Really lovely show ⁦V&A Dundee⁩ curated by ⁦Brendan Cormier and colleagues. ⁩ City exhibition review — photography and the metropolis in conversation at V&A Dundee via Financial Times ⁦Leonie Bell⁩
on.ft.com/49BbH7h

A clever Modernist effort to root the interior of a home in the earth — or an irresistible soft-play area for adults? on.ft.com/3xueVvH

A lovely review of our Photo City exhibition at V&A Dundee now up on the FT, courtesy of edwin heathcote 'After 180 years of urban photography, is it now beginning to overwhelm its subject?'
ft.com/content/04934f…

I don’t know how many thousands of articles I’ve written but some days I think I might be running out of beginnings.

A shocking look at how and why so little food and other essential supplies are getting into Gaza, while the population is on the brink of famine - largely due to onerous and ever changing Israeli requirements. ig.ft.com/gaza-aid/

Lovely.

Commiserations to all the consultants on the drastic reduction in length of their gravy train

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a map of Roman London, with streets? So much excavation in recent decades there must be a good idea of the street plan?

A few more Fettiplaces

☕️ One of London’s classic caffs, as featured in the film Quadrophenia. Formerly Alfredo's Snack Bar on Essex Road, Islington - Grade II listed cafe frontage of chromed metal with Vitrolite panel signage (1949)

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-li…

Old caff. Islington.

A little Rossi. From M+
Collection in Hong Kong. ⁦M+⁩

As a thought experiment - if you sent compromising pics of yourself to a stranger on a dating site, were blackmailed and then handed over your colleagues details, would you not get sacked pretty sharpish?

This is an incredible story. Revelations keep coming following the @ft investigations by ⁦⁦Dan McCrum⁩ : Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe via Financial Times
on.ft.com/3TQpLng