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Chris Rogers
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Une étoile is born
Thirty years ago today, a shiny new British Rail Class 373 electric train left Waterloo station in London. Thirty years ago today, a...
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Chris Rogers
Jun 24, 20245 min read
Fake it to make it
Faking something is wrong, right? You'll be arrested if you try to imitate currency, an item of jewellery or a work of art and end up in...
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Chris Rogers
May 31, 20243 min read
A chess set for London
Today is London History Day, the annual celebration of the capital's past started a while back by Historic England and supported by the...
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Chris Rogers
Feb 21, 20242 min read
BT phone home
Hotels provide a home away from home regardless of price, location or style and whether they were purpose-built or converted. Indeed some...
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Chris Rogers
Feb 17, 20245 min read
Devices and desires
Microsoft is to allow games developed for its Xbox to be made available on other companies’ consoles; arch rival Sony may be having...
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Chris Rogers
Sep 18, 20235 min read
Boxing clever: John Bennett and Lloyd’s of London
Today, Lloyd’s of London reopens its Underwriting Room after a three-month closure. The central area of the Richard Rogers Partnership’s...
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Chris Rogers
Aug 28, 20234 min read
Model behaviour
Growing up, a bank holiday would have seen me immersed in the craft of model-making. Using Lego, Meccano and Airfix, and with subjects...
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Chris Rogers
Sep 20, 20223 min read
The nation’s memory
I’ve been moved by events in the past dozen days, from the new Prime Minister’s ‘God save the King’ outside No 10 Downing Street to the...
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Chris Rogers
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Home/Work – a brief history
Back in the office today after months of working from home? It’s been a novelty for most of us, but technology, interior design and...
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Chris Rogers
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Paper cuts
We are, it seems, rapidly losing interest in the physicality of paper as a medium for messaging, apart of course from this time of year....
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Chris Rogers
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Just (about) the fax
This week in the office I picked up a telephone handset for what I realised was the first time in several years. I’ve had a work mobile...
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