This article was published 13 years I am very excited to announce that I have (finally!) launched my first annual Christmas charity auction over on eBay, in aid of Maggie’s Dundee. One of the major perks of writing a blog and being a design journalist is all the fabulous freebies…
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maggie’s :: the best bits
This article was published 13 years I’ve been writing this column for almost a year, and in that time I have written about every one of Maggie’s 11 centres in the UK and beyond. Maggie’s is an incredible charity using design and architecture to offer people with cancer and their…
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maggie's :: newcastle
This article was published 13 years In this series, I feature a different Maggie’s centre every month, in order to promote the amazing work they do using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. They offer emotional, practical and social support to people with cancer and their families and…
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maggie’s :: newcastle
This article was published 13 years In this series, I feature a different Maggie’s centre every month, in order to promote the amazing work they do using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. They offer emotional, practical and social support to people with cancer and their families and…
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maggie’s :: highlands
This article was published 13 years I started this series in 2012 as a way to spread the world about the awesome work that Maggie’s do, using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. Each month I feature a different centre and this month it’s the turn of Maggie’s…
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maggie's :: edinburgh
This article was published 13 years Sometimes it is a worthwhile and useful exercise to go back to the beginning, so I thought it was about time I shared with you the story of how Maggie’s came to be. In 1988, Maggie Keswick Jencks was diagnosed with breast cancer. In…
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maggie’s :: edinburgh
This article was published 13 years Sometimes it is a worthwhile and useful exercise to go back to the beginning, so I thought it was about time I shared with you the story of how Maggie’s came to be. In 1988, Maggie Keswick Jencks was diagnosed with breast cancer. In…
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maggie’s :: hong kong
This article was published 13 years I’m very excited, because this is my first Maggie’s post bringing news of a new Maggie’s Centre, and even more excitingly, it is the first international centre; in Hong Kong. Maggie’s Hong Kong was opened on Thursday 7th March 2013 by Secretary for Food &…
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maggie's :: south west wales
This article was published 13 years This month’s Maggie’s post is about the first centre in Wales, which opened just over a year ago, in December 2011. It’s an unusual story because the original architect Kisho Kurokawa died before the centre was built, so architecture firm Garbers & James delivered the project according to…
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maggie’s :: south west wales
This article was published 13 years This month’s Maggie’s post is about the first centre in Wales, which opened just over a year ago, in December 2011. It’s an unusual story because the original architect Kisho Kurokawa died before the centre was built, so architecture firm Garbers & James delivered the project according to…
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maggie’s :: nottingham
This article was published 14 years Nicknamed the ‘Jolly Green Giant’ by the Guardian when it opened in November 2011, Maggie’s Nottingham has also been compared to a green lantern and a treehouse. It was designed by architect Piers Gough CBE (the G of CZWG Architects), and the interior was…
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maggie’s :: fife
This article was published 14 years An imposing, black, spiky building is not what you expect when you think of a cancer caring centre – and so Maggie’s Fife has always fascinated me. It was Zaha Hadid’s first building in the UK and it is possibly the most striking of…
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maggie’s :: dundee
This article was published 14 years It’s very difficult to pick a favourite Maggie’s centre, because they are all such special places, but before I started working with Maggie’s, I spent an incredible week at Maggie’s Dundee as part of my induction, so if pushed, I think I would have…
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maggie’s :: cheltenham
This article was published 14 years I was recently invited to spend an afternoon at Maggie’s Cheltenham and so I was keen to include it as the third post in my series focusing on Maggie’s Centres. One of Maggie’s more conservative centres, it is a conversion and extension of a Victorian pool…
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maggie's :: cheltenham
This article was published 14 years I was recently invited to spend an afternoon at Maggie’s Cheltenham and so I was keen to include it as the third post in my series focusing on Maggie’s Centres. One of Maggie’s more conservative centres, it is a conversion and extension of a Victorian pool…
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maggie’s :: london
This article was published 14 years This is the second instalment in my new monthly column, featuring a different Maggie’s centre each month. This month it’s the turn of Maggie’s London and I want to take you there the way I got there on Friday 22nd September – that is on foot, through…
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maggie’s :: gartnavel
This article was published 14 years I have been a big fan of Maggie’s ever since they came onto my radar when Maggie’s London won the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2009. Max Fraser got me even more hooked with his Joy of Living campaign last year, and I am now…