Some ideas arrive fully formed. This was not one of them. Built to Last. No Warranty. started with curiosity rather than a detailed plan. I wondered whether I could build a website, how it was actually done and what I might put on it if I managed to get one working. I did not know…
Previously: Building the Journal, Part 1: How It Began I did not begin this project because I knew how to build a website. I began because I wondered whether I could. That is an important distinction. There was no detailed business plan, no team of designers and no carefully prepared folder marked “Website Strategy”. There…
Why you don’t need the perfect space to fix things I would love to tell you that every repair begins in a beautifully organised workshop. A solid bench. Tools arranged neatly on a shadow board. Perfect lighting. Plenty of space. Not a single unidentified box sitting in the corner. That is not my reality. My…
Every home develops its own rhythm. Ours is largely determined by Oliver, a standard poodle who believes most days would be improved by a tennis ball, and Flo, a Hermann’s tortoise who takes a rather more considered approach to the timetable. They could hardly be more different. Oliver would happily spend the entire day running,…