All Hansom articles – Page 25

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    Hansom: Winter blues

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Unfortunately the festive break was somewhat marred by debt delivery problems and party-pooping snow, but at least we’ve had ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s Christmas single to sing (and laugh) along to..

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    Hansom: Crackers, anyone?

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa …

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    Hansom: ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø with the stars

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    It’s all glitz and glamour for construction this week, as it takes a whirl on Strictly, scores celebrity autographs at an awards event, and - stop press! - creates its very own Christmas single

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    Hansom: That’s entertainment

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    On show this week: posh parties at the Lord Mayor’s pad, political theatrics in Westminster and unexpected revelations about the Olympics; plus rural folk revive the ’keep off my land’ routine

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    Hansom: Look over there!

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Distractions abound in the industry this week, from executive toys in Rok’s offices, elusive bosses, misplacing a wind farm and a handy suggestion for the Irish government’s PR team

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    Hansom: Hue and cry

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Modern classicism shows its colours (anything you like as long as it’s white), while those who should be blushing a beautiful shade of pink include Cabe, Jarvis, and, ahem, a few of our colleagues

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    Hansom: Stage whispers

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The industry finds itself this week examining vaunting ambition, coming a cropper over a letter and witnessing an epic battle - clearly it’s not only a young Michael Gove who enjoyed Shakespeare

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    Hansom: For one week only!

    2010-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Roll up, roll up … see the strong man lift the BSF bid document using only two transit vans! See Mr Memory forget his own policies! And, of course, we have beautiful buildings … totally nude!

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    Hansom: Spin doctors

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    It’s all about image this week, as the government commiserates with the people, HOK tries to quash rumours and Gerald Ronson turns out not to be the lovable, big-hearted old softie we thought he was

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    Hansom: Strange days indeed

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Nothing is as it seems this week, what with resurrected chief executives turning up at race courses, bestiality taking place in the workplace and well-known architects running away to sea

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    Hansom: Everything in its place

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Sticklers for detail are thick on the ground this week: billionaire property owners insisting their wires are not crossed, the company that won’t be called a contractor and a ferocious fight for a full stop

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    Hansom: Tough sells

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The Conservative housing minister at the Lib Dem party conference, a strangely familiar ’iconic’ development in Dubai and a super-luxe London apartment with its own secret tunnel

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    Hansom: Leaping lizards

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    There’s much hurling this week as industry leaders chuck themselves off buildings, press officers throw themselves into their work and Ann Widdecombe launches herself into the highland fling

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    Hansom: Move over Sherlock

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s supersleuth uncovers the truth behind celebrity interviews, appeals for help in identifying a missing person, tails the RICS/QS row and meets a double murderer

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    Hansom: Under cover

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Our usual quest to stick our noses into the private business of others takes us from the corridors of power at the RICS to a private betting circle, pausing briefly to admire some tugs in Afghanistan

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    Hansom: The spice of life

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Suspicious goings-on in the bedroom, recalcitrant plumbing in an ancient loo, growing pains at the Olympics and the case of the disappearing numbers - you can’t say we don’t bring you variety

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    Hansom: The end is nigh

    2010-08-13T00:00:00Z

    This week, we contemplate our mortality in the form of moribund school programmes, vanishing staff, and Brits making their final exit from the Middle East … meanwhile, death stalks the Euston Road

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    Hansom headaches

    2010-08-06T00:00:00Z

    This week, there’s a spot of mild concussion for a housebuilder’s chairman, some trouble with the clientele at a fashionable Highbury eatery, and Paul Morrell turns the volume up to 11

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    Hansom: The guest list

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    David Beckham, Annie Lennox and Jay-Z hotfoot it to the Metropole, Mr Bill Ding has an appointment at the magistrates’ court and the communities department invites charges of hypocrisy

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    Hansom: Rave on

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Now the sun’s out, everyone’s up for a good time, whether it’s a Wild Sex Party, a boat party, or John Dodds’ one-man, one-vote Lie Around In The Sun All Summer Party