My copy of this issue of the AR came via a colleague who had various things that had once belonged to Percy Johnson-Marshall, one of the Coventry planners in the 1940s. Given that the cover says 'Johnson' in biro I do wonder if this issue once was his.

experience: the Barbican Arts Centre's men's with the very long trough urinals and foot-operated sinks.

I've long wanted to see the theatre: an important influence on the Festival Hall as well as post-war British theatres.

to my great delight, I've just discovered a version of that clock online: aj-computing.co.uk/network-sout...

I like this though the numbers don't seem to sit entirely happily in the circle - as you say, analogue would be good. (All that said, they could and maybe should just have reinstated the Network SouthEast clackety 24 hour clocks)

essay prompt: 'discuss the "wide variety of retail and cultural experiences" imagined by Ebenezer Howard'

Love that little curved balcony above the entrance. I'm imagining proclamations of interest rates and such things!

I'd long wondered if Clarence was an acronym (because Strathclyde had a wee dog called RALF - Road & Light Faults). I thought it might be 'Central and Lothian something'; it was Customer Lighting And Roads ENquiry CEntre.

The SE is doing a tribute to Bridget Riley

There's a lot to be said for 1970s houses and flats - at their best, they can be really well planned. Many congratulations!

I have to say that I quite like the Reader title even though it often needs explaining! But then I have always been a bit contrary.

I was in Digbeth for the first time in years recently for a new towns thing and was astonished by the changes as the HS2-related wave of housing sweeps in

'Why, there's another hankersniff!'