Dr Hazel Cowie

Are you tempted?

Screenshot of a Bing image search results showing Smiljan Radić's 2014 Serpentine pavilion. The adverts to the side and bottom of the image are all for crappy garden gazebos.

Tickled that Bing recommends gazebos as related products to Smiljan Radić's Serpentine pavilion.

Close enough I guess.

Photograph showing a billboard for a housing development. The glamorous on the board shows a balcony on a sunny day with a lounger and a view out to sea. The billboard is located on a shingle beach, in the background is a construction compound, a car park and a half-constructed lift shaft from an abandoned development. It is raining and the sky is grey and cloudy.

Selling the dream in sunny Folkestone.

It's what I aim for.

Tortoiseshell cat looking for a tiny pice of comté on an outstretched hand.

Tortoiseshell cat lying down and looking like she is full of regret.

Comté excitement > comté regret.

This is absolutely good and normal.

Photo of a thermostat mounted on a wall with highly decorative pub wallpaper. The thermostat is protected inside a clear plastic cover to stop customers changing it.

Perfect.

Photo of the corner of a building. The lower spandrel panel is covered with a poster that says the word 'cheese' in block capitals.

Further adventures in art school.

Oh I get those, trippy.

Who decided to make the Pearson BTEC top grade 'D'? Confuses me every time I see it.

Found myself writing to my pothole obsessed MP last night about HE. Will have to edit before sending but can summarise as 'WHAT'S GOING ON THIS IS NUTS?'

Artwork comprising a broken frame of thin pieces of timber, surrounded by red and white hazard tape and temporary barriers. It is sat on a lawn with a large tree in a courtyard of a 1970s building.

This week in 'I work in an art school' - is this a commentary on health and safety culture or the estates team being a bit overzealous?

Photograph showing the entrance to Bullrush Court, the door is in the corner of a courtyard garden. The building is red brick.

Thanks to @andy-matthews.bsky.social for letting me know that a building we worked on in our past lives is in this month's @news.architectsjournal.co.uk.

Struck by the uncanny nature of the photos that look as polished as renders and their role the image-based economy architecture reproduces.

Glad it's all going well then.

In a new middled-aged-white-lady low, I ate a pizza last night that was too spicy.

Have never felt shame like it.

You mean they shouldn't rip entire paragraphs off of websites I can easily find?

Always amazed at the ability of students to submit a 6 page pdf, mostly text, that is 172mb.

Photo of the beach at Folkestone, showing rocks in the foreground, sand, the Channel with the tide quite far out, and a beautiful blue sky.

Frankly finding it offensive that I have to work today*.

And that I didn't finish my marking earlier.

I'm not sure I'd convince anyone.

Extract from Bupa advice that states that one of the main reasons for achillies tendinopathy is 'getting older'.

Oh fuck off.

Thrilled to announce that I've shafted my new year health kick by pulling my achillies. Time for a dignified hobble.

Sign board showing black and white photos of what used to be on the site that is being redevelopment on the Folkestone sea front. The photos show the amusements that used to be there but in a state of disrepair. The caption of the sign says 'Images here show parts of the site in the years before improvements were undertaken'.

The message of improvement is in line with so-called regeneration projects in other places. Here, the photos of what used to be on the site are captioned 'Images here show parts of the site in the years before improvements were undertaken'. Certain types of use and user are explicitly excluded.

Sign showing a red warning circle with a seagull, with the words 'Please do not feed the seagulls as they become aggressive'. The sign has the logo for the Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Redevelopment Co.

Sign on a wooden signboard, positioned on a beach next to a boaded walkway. The title of the sign is Welcome to Folkestone Seafront Boardwalk and has warning signs for safety, and also states that the walkway is private and access is permissive.

Putting a short talk together on the redevelopment of Folkestone with a focus on pseudo public space. Signs everywhere make clear that access is permissive and can be revoked at any time.

Low rise block of flats in the mist.

Folkestone's finest baby Barbican in the in-between day fog.

Mathew Baynton, of Horrible Histories, I reckon.

Photo of an image on a screen for a map editing tool, with a toggle called Split the UK, shown in the off position.

Guys I've found the button.

Does anyone know if there is a free means of getting scaled maps (say 1:5000) of EU cities? Like digimap but for people whose institutions can't afford the global version.

Scotland

In case of ignorance:

And of course listening to Scotland's one true bard, Sharleen Spiteri.

Cat sat next to a radiator and wearing a tartan bow tie.

My favourite radiator model is helping to celebrate St Andrews Day.