Nick Grant

The brilliant Nuadah ‘Quartet’ at Garway (passivhaus) village hall. Very good and at capacity.

Won’t be as good as the book as unedited ramblings by me. Jon was coherent.

Thanks to everyone who came to the London launch party for The Good Building Book. Really touched by the turnout on a wet evening. This time we had books which all sold! Great spending a couple of days with my fellow author Jon Broome and wemanaged to record a podcast with @benadamsmith.bsky.social

Clacton to build Mar-a-Lago replica in hope of attracting occasional visit from Nigel Farage Residents of Clacton-on-Sea have unveiled ambitious plans to construct a full-scale replica of Mar-a-Lago in a desperate bid to lure their MP, Nigel Farage, back to the constituency for anything ot…

NEWS! Clacton to build Mar-a-Lago replica in hope of attracting occasional visit from Nigel Farage newsthump.com/2026/03/07/c...

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined They don't know what they want to achieve, why they're doing it or what the consequences might be. They are lost in the void.

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We name and shame you later in the book :-)

Don’t know why but keep thinking of the Viz comic’s SWANT team.

Here are some examples of superficial simplicity that increase complexity and cost and reduce function: -hidden gutters; - concealed rainwater downpipes; cantilevers; parapets; - anything with no visible means of support; -shadow gap replacing skirting; avoidance of trim or architraves; • corner windows; - windows precisely aligned with ceiling or internal walls; • fully glazed façades; • pocket doors.

There’s increased complexity & cost when it comes to minimalist design. I’m guilty of three charges when it comes to designing our own house 🤫

From @ecominimalnick.bsky.social & Jon Broome’s

The Good Building Book 📕

No hidden gutters or even unhidden!! All those details you did look lovely and most importantly, you paid for them!!!

The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside

Norway comes for the #TechBros

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

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How to think about AI and not have an existential crisis It is a tool, not a replacement.

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/... Enjoyed this! @iandunt.bsky.social

YouTube video by DRM News FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Hannah Spence Addresses After Historic Green Party Win in Gorton & Denton| AC1Z

Hannah Spencer victory speech
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"We have shown that we don't have to accept being turned against each other. We can demand better without hating each other"

Trump’s White House renovation is ‘classic despot’ Our architecture critic’s verdict on the newest ballroom in Washington, DC

Liberace crosses the Delaware: me on the new look White House

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

Inside of an AI data centre

Photo of EcoCocon straw panel factory, built with timber and straw panels, the factory will produce more straw timber panels as construction components

I strikes me that instead of building energy hungry data centres for AI, we could be building local factories to produce straw panels and actually help solve the climate crisis

outside view of the Drunken Duck Inn Ambleside.

Drunken Duck Old hand painted pub sign

Owl picture by Sasha aged 8.

Home from home. The Drunken Duck Ambleside Cumbria

It's fantastic value at full price but this is an absolute bargain!

Thanks George. I think it is a general flash sale rather than us being remaindered after a week! Hoping to get some reviews, first one on Amazon!

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social are having a flash sale www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-buil...

Managed to resist!! Soup and chips at the Drunken Duck

Lancaster services photographed from the M6.

Turned out nice

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

Meaghan Wilson Anastasios (@meaghanwilsonanastasios) Comedians: doing the heavy lifting. Ripping the cosplaying clown-car administration a new one. Fucking love this. A medical expert we can all get behind. X Australia 🇦🇺

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RAPID RESPONSE ACTION

The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am

wedonotcomply.org - all links and info

Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.

Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!

Assuming you didn’t buy from Amazon as we are at 1,871,463 in books :-) way behind you!!

Thanks Mike! So sorry not to have got your book in time to include it. But biggest sadness was not being able to point people to Monte’s book. Look after yourself, difficult times.

Guy loved the T shirt you made!

Would have been confusing I think. Will be on YouTube once the program has shown or I can show you!