Helen Barrett
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Features journalist - NYTimes, Financial Times, Telegraph. On a book break, writing about the Beatles.
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Leaving or coming back to Yorkshire as a child, the cooling towers were such place-markers as we passed through Sheffield on the M1. I still see their outline in their absence!
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Leaving or coming back to Yorkshire as a child, the cooling towers were such place-markers as we passed through Sheffield on the M1. I still see their outline in their absence!
This sounds excellent - do LMK more as you have it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This sounds excellent - do LMK more as you have it.
Yes please! Are they functional models or just decorative?
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yes please! Are they functional models or just decorative?
Even a ruin. Everyone loves a ruin.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Even a ruin. Everyone loves a ruin.
No - the credit not given in the book caption.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
No - the credit not given in the book caption.
It should be possible- lots of examples of reuse in other countries.
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It should be possible- lots of examples of reuse in other countries.
More here on the campaign to save one or two of these majestic relics of our industrial heritage:
c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers
c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers
Cooling Towers – The Twentieth Century Society
c20society.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
More here on the campaign to save one or two of these majestic relics of our industrial heritage:
c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers
c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers
With essays by your fave architectural historians, incl. @hughpearman.bsky.social and
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
With essays by your fave architectural historians, incl. @hughpearman.bsky.social and
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social
TBF they were the same age as our parents. And a bit remote, what with all the stadiums and moving to California. Tango in the Night, though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
TBF they were the same age as our parents. And a bit remote, what with all the stadiums and moving to California. Tango in the Night, though.
Well worth a trip.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Well worth a trip.
Wales, the Bee Gees.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wales, the Bee Gees.
Yes, looks like his work.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yes, looks like his work.
That's an enviable book plate.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
That's an enviable book plate.