28Apr/081
Simon Johnson – Heathrow’s finest shoe shine
simon johnson – heathrow’s finest shoe shineOriginally uploaded by sdbj The shoe-shiner is a dying breed. Despite no pressure from the menace of outsourcing (quite tricky to shine shoes by phone), this anachronistic service has been kicked into touch by our scruffy and frenetic lifestyles – bespoke Oxfords gave way to tatty trainers made of [...]
30Mar/085
First taste of Terminal 5. Nice building, shame about the moving parts.
Just had my first experience of Terminal 5. Thought I’d pen some notes about it on the plane, rather than bite the head off a chicken or similarly handy rodent. Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is a slap in the face of the current UK government’s love of big tangled public private partnerships. It was surprisingly delivered [...]
