Month: February 2016

Family

The Dangers of Using a Sticker Chart to Teach Kids Good Behavior

“Brush your teeth” “No” “Brush your teeth or they’ll all fall out” “Don’t care. The tooth fairy will bring me money” “I’ll give you a sticker?…” And thus goes the pre-school conversation in my house before we run out of the door (late), to drive to school and catch a train to the office. The problem, as I feel it, is that the train timetable … Continue reading The Dangers of Using a Sticker Chart to Teach Kids Good Behavior

James Cole
House

Concrete plan: building the Barbican in the 1970s – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

The Guardian has a fascinating collection of photographs published today, showing the construction of the brutalist icon – The Barbican Centre, under construction. An urban utopia of concert halls, fountains and art galleries at the heart of a housing estate in London? Peter Bloomfield reveals his cache of photographs charting the construction of a British brutalist icon Source: Concrete plan: building the Barbican in the … Continue reading Concrete plan: building the Barbican in the 1970s – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

Adam