All Hansom articles – Page 21

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    Hansom: Real talent

    2012-08-24T00:00:00Z

    This week, a septuagenarian warms up for a rugby match, Grant Shapps doggedly pursues his dream to have more Twitter followers than anyone else, and a JCB digger covers itself in glory

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    Hansom: That extra mile

    2012-08-10T00:00:00Z

    This week, there may be a problem with the Olympic drainage system but the longest toy train track in the world shows British engineering at its best - as does last minute marathon woman, Freya Murray

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    Hansom: Games, set and match

    2012-08-03T00:00:00Z

    In the week the Olympics hit town, ministers blame rainy days for construction’s part in the double-dip recession, some super-heroic charity fundraising efforts and NLA’s Peter Murray tells it like it is

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    Hansom: Hidden depths

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    This week, Grant Shapps is unmasked as a ‘bot’, RIBA’s Angela Brady reveals herself to be multilingual (sort of), and Wilmott Dixon tries to alert school children to the hazard s of getting plastered

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    Hansom: A spot of mischief

    2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

    This week, Labour’s shadow construction minister reveals his inner child, Tessa Jowell recalls Howard Shiplee’s feminist leanings, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV fails to cut it with a mallet and a saucy video for … paint

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    Hansom: Making a good impression

    2012-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The enigmatic Ray O’Rourke loses both a yacht trip and planning permission to rebuild his house, Rory Bremner does his homework and the CIC adopts a cutting-edge approach to entertaining

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    Hansom: Naming and shaming

    2012-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Shameless marketing tactics this week, plus, an engineer and an architect run out of gas, what people are calling Zaha Hadid, and the latest outbreak of acronymitis at the civil service

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    Hansom: Mixed metaphors

    2012-06-29T00:00:00Z

    A leading proponent of free schools displays numeracy problems, there’s some creative re-engineering of history, and the column is enlivened by some creative wordplay as the industry waxes lyrical

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    Hansom: Give the dog a bone

    2012-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Greg Barker reveals a key player in the Green Deal consultation process, WSP gets ready to grow up, Seddon hires an on-site poet and Crossrail is getting ready to show off a prehistoric bison

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    Hansom: Taking the Mickey

    2012-06-15T00:00:00Z

    This week, Disney turns out to be a surprise authority on BIM, the timber debate goes Transatlantic, a second Atkins employee carries the Olympic torch forward and, last but not least, the Gherkin collapses

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    Hansom: Liberté, égalité, fraternité

    2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

    This week, has François Hollande saved the Hinkley Point nuclear project? Plus, the NFB builds bridges, Gleeds’ Richard Steer considers a career as a lifeguard and some (relatively) positive press for Grant Shapps

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    Hansom: Doubling up

    2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

    This week, the long-awaited Kanye West/OMA collaboration, the white heat of technology at the BCO conference and a Godzilla-sized image of the House of Windsor looms over London

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    Hansom: Break out the canapes

    2012-05-25T00:00:00Z

    This week, Make’s Ken Shuttleworth puts on a good spread, RIBA throws a party at the V&A, energy minister Greg Barker gets told off, and a terrible odour reaches ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Towers

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    Hansom: All's fair in love and war

    2012-05-18T00:00:00Z

    This week, architects strike back at the Olympic marketing rules, the Queen’s Speech is yet another repeat, One World Trade Center comes up short and Eros gets a little tlc

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    Hansom: Capital gains

    2012-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The pricey apartments at the Shard have many USPs, but are transport links really the clincher? Meanwhile Sweett is sour over lifts and work of a kind begins at Blackfriars One, but don’t get too excited

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    Hansom: Critical condition

    2012-05-04T00:00:00Z

    It’s all a bit confrontational this week as Giles Coren offers his opinion on the Shard and David Lock takes on Nick Raynsford… let’s hope Sir John Armitt finds more satisfaction in his role as wedding planner

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    Hansom: Bit of a cover-up

    2012-04-27T00:00:00Z

    From the site hoardings obscured by topiary to the 2012 Sir John Armitt swimsuit calendar, this column wonders when it’s best to keep some things under wraps …

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    Hansom: In it to win it

    2012-04-20T00:00:00Z

    This week, Crossrail has some fighting talk for Bam Nuttall, West Ham’s owners get excited about their Olympic stadium bid and Foster’s team battles more opposition in its quest for a South-east airport

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    Hansom: Life's rich tapestry

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    This week, a construction site is stopped in its tracks by a shoal of fish, we expose the harsh realities of hotdesking, and gain an insight into the formative (target-driven) years of Davis Langdon’s Bob Pell

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    Hansom: Seize the day

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Whether you’re playing on your phone during a conference, making the best of a political crisis, stalking a stranger to their home or cycling to Manchester, this is a week for throwing caution to the wind