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The inescapable power of architecture

'Obsessively planned': the Bijlmermeer complex during construction in 1970. Photograph: Pieter Boersma An architect used to tell a story. Invited by a couple to design an extension to their house, he…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2960 words)

The woman who lives in a shed: how London landlords are cashing in

The shortage of housing in Newham, east London, and new benefit caps are forcing tenants to take what they can. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Maria's front door has a house number – 48 –…
PUBLISHED: May 9, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2621 words)

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen

High on a wall at one end of Fifteen Cornwall's dining room is the man's signature, large, loopy, bright pink and with a big smacker of an x beneath: Jamie O. There's no escaping him here, his…
AUTHOR:Jon Henley
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1976 words)
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