Helen Barrett

Great to see this cross-community response to Mr Jenrick

And the delirious Carlton Cinema, Upton Park, built in 1928, demolished 1996.

A Homebase superstore done out like an Egyptian temple

Egyptian-style column details

"Egypt: Influencing British Design" at the Soane museum, where these images of the Warwick Road Homebase superstore, built in 1988 and long demolished, are on show.

The perfect accessory: an empty 3/4 milk bottle.

Just a nit pick, journalists don't "do the fucking news," they are supposed to gather, verify and report "the fucking news."

Thanks! Handy costume ideas for later in the month.

"Easy"

Pips #50 Easy 🟢
5:16

Play Pips, our new dominoes game for all skill levels. Every domino has a spot. Can you find where each belongs?

Stupid game.

www.nytimes.com/games/pips

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bank Officer and His Secretary in Manhattan, 1960

Thom Browne SS26 show in Paris today, featuring absurd alien models. The audience looks miserable.

Everyone always looks utterly miserable.

Fashion shows are such a strange ritual. What are they all *doing* there?

The modernist book fair is back..
the-modernist.org/blogs/news/t...

RIP lovely Jilly Cooper, the only subject of a @backlisted.bsky.social episode to write us all thank you letters afterwards. ❤️

Oh yes. Might still have it.

"Helen, darling. Sweet of you, marvellous, what an honour. Can't possibly. Busy. Much love." <click, burr>

We had never met. 2/2

Once, when I was editing the FT polo supplement, I emailed her to ask if she'd write a jokey column about the new season. I was junior and knew nothing about polo so took a scattergun, slightly panicky approach to commissioning. Seconds after I hit send, the phone rang. 1/2

Major Major - Terry Major-Ball (John Major's brother)
Little Goes a Long Way - Syd Little

Yes! Also baffled by the role of Caroline (is she the same producer mentioned by Lee in his letter, or a different one?). And the family relationships -- presumably Dominic is Justin's half-brother, not step brother.

‘An unkind film’: letters reveal rift between director and writer of The Wicker Man Exclusive: Documents show ‘hostile’ director and ‘self-indulgent’ writer were at loggerheads during production of 1973 cult horror film

Intriguing story (though it needs a good subbing).

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

The work of Tadanori Yokoo
www.moma.org/artists/6502

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

No one has ever written SNAP about two men fighting a political contest have they?

Yes.

TV-am desk diary 1989

Extraordinary postmodern interiors. Indescribable.

"Greek-style" archway

In honour of Sir Terry Farrell, behold the TV-am building (Breakfast Television Centre) interiors, lovingly recorded in this 1989 diary.

LORD NORM USED TO DO SOME GOOD BUILDINGS DIDN’T HE.

Yes, it's not new. Just irritating.

Me neither until yesterday's Guardian profile.

Grease - not some kind of posturing, just never got to it. Should I rectify that? I find the Frankie Valli theme irresistible.

Manchester, 1975, photo by Kemal Cengizkan.