Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 10hHa, me too. Gawping at the big sculptures in his garden. 030
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History lesson on 1968 got slightly out of hand. 010
Reposted by Robert ProctorSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 02/10/2026The Elbbrücken (Elbe bridges) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbbr%C... 211216
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh I thought he did it all himself because you never once saw anyone else doing the heavy lifting on his estate, sorry garden, did you? When he said "we" I thought he was talking about the dog. 120
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026He said the next general election, not 2029. Not necessarily the same thing. 201
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026From this year, 24 hours, but you're allowed to change them at the last minute and upload final ones after a lecture. 001
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Reading student reviews of my university, and the most frequent complaint is overcrowded, infrequent and overpriced buses to campus. Pretty much been the case for a decade at least. You'd think someone would look into that. 040
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Absolutely agree. Best practice anyway to get beyond initial feeling and articulate seriously how a design works. 120
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I've switched off the option that stores essays for future reference this year (AI reasons didn't occur to me, rather how useless the plagiarism software is). 110
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I was similarly disappointed when I discovered "aggiornamento" means "update". 010
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We don't do this, anyway, we teach materials and construction in a more theoretical/scientific way. 000
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I would say the purpose of e.g. doing a day of lime washing is to understand what buildings are made of, appreciate the labour skills, know what you're dealing with as a manager or who you need to commission. But maybe it's a legacy of Romantic Arts & Crafts ideals rather than really useful. 200
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Interesting. Something we always worry about on our conservation course. But most of conservation jobs seem to be about fundraising, enthusing or organising people, managing projects and budgets. 110
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There are some very long public ones in Siena, a town that understands civic life more than most. 000
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026First part of a game of exquisite corpse; what would you put next? ... 000
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Idea for a work of fiction: Gertrude Jekyll's cloying and smug Home and Garden about Munstead Wood, but with demonic ghosts, or murders. archive.org/details/home...archive.orgHome and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both 210
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ours are "units". After 12 years I still often say "modules" by mistake. 110
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If there's one predominant characteristic of AI text it's the sheer extent of waffle spaffed out around minimal information. 000
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The 'Elephant' really is a cool thing. Crossing fingers for its future. 090
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Particularly admired this Walter Ritchie sculpture, mid-1950s, moved to the side of the art gallery, representing (so the sign says) 'Man's struggle to control the world inside himself' and that 'outside himself'. 1110
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Short trip to Coventry, where I saw some wonders I remember and others I didn't. 3193
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Have always suspected this, that the curves are to give a definite character rather than to appear straight. 010
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Already a problem for most C20 research due to the invention of the telephone. Also wonder how we'll understand what anything looked like since nobody prints photos any more. 010
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I was thinking more like inspirational LinkedIn posts, we can do that can't we? 130
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You can't really go wrong with a pyramid. modernmooch.com/2022/04/12/s... (Not my website).modernmooch.comSt Mungo’s Church – Cumbernauld4 St Mungo’s Rd Cumbernauld Glasgow G67 1QP Architect: Alan Reiach 1963-1964. Single storey, square-plan pyramidal church with halls adjoining to SW. Category B Listed St Mungo’s Parish… 130
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Absolute banger. 5 stars from me, probably. Although I can imagine the dazzle behind the altar could be a nuisance. 020
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If the issue is that people who take photos get too many documents out, charge for going over a minimum requests instead? 031
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What even is the charge for? It doesn't cost them any more if you take a photo. Indefensible practice, really. 141
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Found a good CFP. Can't decide which of three possible proposals to put in. Writing them all out to see which looks best. Not sure this is the most fruitful use of my time. 110
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026But both have Percy Thomas buildings everywhere. 👍 010
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026What I mean is, the BNF Perrault/Mitterand is absolutely horrible *to use as a library*. 100
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My best and worst ever are both the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the best being Labrouste's and the worst being Perrault's. 120
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Today, adjusting moodle pages while trying to catch if anyone says my name on a teams meeting with the camera off, ah the nobility of work, or something. 010
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just because the budget includes a sum for provisional flipchart and post-its doesn't mean they (unlike the pizza) will need to be consumed. 000
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Call it a staff student liaison and feedforward experience re-induction seminar (with pizza). 100
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Request budget from central student experience office for a thinly-disguised department pizza party? 130
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You know when you think you've found a really good building and then you look it up and find that of course it was by such-and-such? Postmodern theatre and media complex at Chambéry by Mario Botta, 1982-87, extended by Aurelio Galfetti, 1992. 070
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Doing some brain surgery on my memory. Fingers crossed. 000
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Anyway, this year I'm taking all my annual leave whether I have anything fancy to do or not. So hello from a marsh in Gloucestershire, where there's a spoonbill looking as relaxed as me. 040
Robert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Think they're talking about an intermediate fee level rather than home fees (although since most EU students pay little or nothing, the attraction will always be limited). 001
