Reposted by Geraint FranklinBrutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 29/06/2025Le Casa de Portuale in Naples, Italy, by Architect Aldo Loris Rossi r/brutalism 428749
Reposted by Geraint FranklinSAVE Britain's Heritage @savetoreuse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The grade II-listed All Souls Church in Manchester - a shocking end for a building which has suffered years of deterioration and decay. 273
Reposted by Geraint FranklinKent Wildlife Trust @kentwildlife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Book now for our November/December term of Nature Tots! 🌳 Sevenoaks - Monday mornings, Thursday mornings, and Thursday afternoons (from 2 Nov) 🌳 Maidstone - Tuesday mornings and Friday mornings (from 6 Nov) Book here: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-… 📷©️ Tim Horton 021
Reposted by Geraint FranklinLiverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What can a century-old planning text tell us today? In a new blog post, @markscott-ucd.bsky.social reflects on the Town Planning Review Featured Article revisiting Abercrombie's 'The Preservation of Rural England' 100 years on. Both articles are free to read for a limited time. #TownPlanningliverpooluniversitypress.blogRevisiting Abercrombie’s ‘The Preservation of Rural England’ one hundred years on | Town Planning Review 97.5 Featured ArticleThe editors of Town Planning Review have selected ‘Revisiting Abercrombie’s ‘The Preservation of Rural England’ one hundred years on’, by Mark Scott, Nick Gallent and Menelaos Gkartzios… 102
Reposted by Geraint FranklinJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read 663697974
Reposted by Geraint FranklinColin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today’s right-wing rarely cares for carless cities & pollution control. But in 1967, an enthusiastic Weekend (Daily) Telegraph magazine hired architect William Whitfield to plan a new site for the Houses Of Parliament in Windsor. The London it left behind would be a kind of vehicle-free playground. 1215
Reposted by Geraint FranklinEdwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.ft.com/content/0146... It’s time for a stone-brick revolution @groupwork.bsky.social @designmuseum.bsky.socialft.comIt’s time for a stone-brick revolutionIt’s low carbon, reusable, quirkily beautiful — and can be cheaper than concrete and steel. Why on earth aren’t more architects building in stone? 5227
Reposted by Geraint FranklinMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 131395541
Reposted by Geraint FranklinLiverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026EVENT: 'Accommodating the Victorian & Edwardian Working Woman' by Emily Gee, author of Hostel, House and Chambers. 📍 St Mary Abbots Church, London 🗓️ Wednesday 7th October, 7PM - 8:30PM 🎫 Tickets: bit.ly/Gee-event-VS @thevicsoc.bsky.social @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social @modbritstud.bsky.social 095
Reposted by Geraint FranklinDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentUsually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025. 44949318
Reposted by Geraint FranklinNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 23/09/2026Our wildfire petition has reached 100,000 signatures in four weeks - that’s 100,000 people urging the Government to take action on climate change. 38732
Reposted by Geraint FranklinAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20261/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions. 26896469
Reposted by Geraint FranklinPeople‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Georg Olden, designer and VP of McCann Erickson Advertising Agency appeared on "I've Got a Secret" in 1963. At a time when graphic designers existed very much behind the scenes, this is a unique clip. 121
Reposted by Geraint FranklinBishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One afternoon only: we're selling duplicate books, pamphlets and magazines from our Special Collections & Archives; London history, LGBTQIA+ history, and general history. Free to attend. Sunday 27 September, 14:30–17:30. Details: www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/act… 01710
Reposted by Geraint FranklinLittle Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳 7477205
Reposted by Geraint Franklinbecimay @becimay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My TLS piece on the Exeter cuts ✨ 314152
Reposted by Geraint FranklinRay Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Walking Men Worldwide by Maya Barkai (via @kottke.org) walking-men.com 0174
Reposted by Geraint FranklinMarta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hooray! Late architect Robert Hill's incredible Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 is back online thanks to a recovery. I think Robert would be happy that his decades of work have been preserved. canadianarchitects.org/about/canadianarchitects.orgThe Recovery — Dictionary of Architects in CanadaHow the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada was recovered from the Internet Archive. 0188
Reposted by Geraint FranklinAlistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New Towns Mark One - by Elain Harwood edited by me - exists! Obligatory unboxing pics. Launch on 10/9: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx.... Book link: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... 5115
Reposted by Geraint FranklinAlistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 17/07/2026'New Towns Mark One' by the late Elain Harwood, edited by me, is now available for pre-order at £32 via www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10..... It explores the origins of the new towns programme & the 'mark one' towns begun in the 1940s, concluding with Cumbernauld, the first mk 2 town.liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukNew Towns Mark One | HomeArchitecture and Planning in Post-War Britain 0179
Reposted by Geraint FranklinIan Hunt @ianhunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Here's the link. It's on 13 and 14 November www.sahgb.org.uk/whatson/unto...sahgb.org.ukUntold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History - SAHGBThe Third Annual Mark Girouard Symposium This third symposium in memory of Mark Girouard looks at women’s contributions to architectural history in the United Kingdom. 001
Reposted by Geraint FranklinLiverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New Towns Mark One by the late Elain Harwood, ed. @alistairfair.bsky.social provides the first detailed architectural survey of the ‘mark one’ new towns. ➡️ Read the interview with Alistair about the book on the LUP blog: bit.ly/HE-NewTowns @c20society.bsky.social @geraintfranklin.bsky.social 11811
Reposted by Geraint FranklinDes Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's cooooooooooooooming (credit @stephenroddy.bandcamp.com) 2286
Reposted by Geraint FranklinBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026Jeff Bezos and I are very different people. For one thing, he is a sociopathic billionaire who built his fortune by monopolizing bookselling while I am a penniless author of books. He was born in 1964 and is 62; I was born in 1971 and am 55. 10457130
Reposted by Geraint FranklinDaniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes: 13598709
Reposted by Geraint FranklinPhil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 12/09/2026Stop faffing about and get this petition off to the moon, so we can get Palantir off into the sea. Its only got 50 signatues in 24 hours and I know there’s more than 50 Brits seeing this. 👋 www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...amnesty.org.ukTell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHSPalantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in... 11711
Reposted by Geraint FranklinSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 09/09/2026Abolition Teapot by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, 1760-80. www.flickr.com/photos/birmi... 2406113
Reposted by Geraint FranklinRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This seems like a useful policy to support. 818677
Reposted by Geraint FranklinDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115623176
Reposted by Geraint FranklinAnt Breach @antbreach.bsky.social · 18/08/2026About a month until 8,000 volumes on British postwar planning and housing history gets pulped. Unless we can find someone to save it municipaldreams.substack.com/p/a-good-hom...municipaldreams.substack.comA Good Home Needed Urgently for One of the Most Significant Libraries of Housing and Planning in the CountryThe trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month. 63852
Reposted by Geraint FranklinRené Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 20/08/2026L'empire des lumières / The dominion of lights - 1954 #artbots #magritte 15518
Reposted by Geraint FranklinThe Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The Victorian Society is deeply saddened to announce the death of Peter Howell, one of the Society’s longest-serving and most distinguished members, a former Chairman, and one of its great and defining characters. Read our tribute here: tinyurl.com/jvkrk868 0136
Reposted by Geraint FranklinIsokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Almost sold out: Chandigarh 60+ years since Le Corbusier Isokon Gallery Thursday, August 27 • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Get your tickets👇eventbrite.co.ukChandigarh 60+ years since Le CorbusierThe history of the development of the extraordinary Modernist experiment in Chandigarh in north east India and how it became a success story 023
Geraint Franklin @geraintfranklin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Oh! Would you be able to photograph that for me? I'm doing a thing on the competition.. 110
Reposted by Geraint FranklinProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"EVERY SINGLE English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals" I knew things were bad, but this beggars belief @andyburnham.bsky.social you must take swift and immediate action to tackle this latest assault on English nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAll bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data showsEnvironment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status 714575
Geraint Franklin @geraintfranklin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026We kayaked down the Wye --Glasbury to Hereford--a few years ago. It's in a bad way! Culprit is run off from poultry megafarms -- please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Big Chicken Choking our RiversOur rivers can't take any more Big Chicken. Now is the time to act, not plan to make the problem worse. Across the UK, rivers are already paying the price for industrial chicken farming. Every year, o... 000
Reposted by Geraint FranklinRiver Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026🚨 STOP BIG CHICKEN CHOKING OUR RIVERS Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy has landed on Netflix, exposing the hidden costs of our obsession with cheap chicken. Here in the UK, our rivers are already paying the price. SIGN THE PETITION: bit.ly/4xhkuaz 🧵 1/2... 22213
Reposted by Geraint FranklinC20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 27/07/2026EVENT: Join C20 and Historic England for a special two-day event, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 1946 New Towns Act and the launch of the late Elain Harwood’s final major publication, 'New Towns Mark One'. 🗓️ Thu 10-11 Sept 2026 📍 London + Harlow 🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... 02410
Reposted by Geraint FranklinArchitects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 14/07/2026ABK co-founder Peter Ahrends dies aged 93architectsjournal.co.ukABK co-founder Peter Ahrends dies aged 93 023
Reposted by Geraint FranklinBob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 22/07/2026Another Mack campaign website. rebuildthemack.com The more, the better!rebuildthemack.comREBUILD THE MACK!REBUILD THE MACK! 221
Reposted by Geraint FranklinDr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The regulations that give teeth to the National Historic Preservation Act are about to get wiped out. "Section 106" is what requires pipelines and roads to get checked for impact on archaeology. It's also the basis for federal consultation with Tribes on projects. And it's getting DOGEd this week. 11825
Reposted by Geraint Franklinpeterkwells @peterkwells.com · 14/07/2026"‘UK politicians are a lot more easily impressed than American politicians. It costs a lot less to influence them,’ a former Global Counsel employee said" www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 086
Reposted by Geraint FranklinAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is. 102125677355
Reposted by Geraint FranklinPaul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Having failed to interest any papers in this story, I resorted to writing a letter to The Times, like in olden times. So when all that's left to watch is NASCAR racing sponsored by Cheetos, I can at least say I tried. #ITV #Sky #Comcast 22774309
Reposted by Geraint FranklinKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 07/07/2026This is wild. 93% of the renewable electricity generation added to the Irish grid over that last decade now powers data centers, rather than reducing fossil fuel use. Data centers have pretty much annihilated the health and climate benefits those renewables could have provided. 241194564