All Hansom articles – Page 40

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    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The hidden perils of walking around Canary Wharf, more tall yarns from the high seas, and evidence of the self-sacrifice of structural engineers

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    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Salty tales of life on the briny as the industry hauls on the bowline and splices its mainbraces for four days of maritime amusement at Little Britain

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    2004-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Building presents Hansom’s Diary of a Lunatic, starring as themselves Clive Woodward, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Tony Blair, Charlie Chaplin and Tom O’Connor

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    2004-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Another helping of stewed gossip served with underwear and narcotics on a bed of broken glass while DJ Dan mixes it on the decks

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    2004-08-27T00:00:00Z

    This week we have more cries of rage from Holyrood, some snorting and stamping from WYG and a story about a band of chickens in Bristol

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    Garvis Snook’s path to power

    2004-08-27T00:00:00Z

    As you may know, the chief executive of Rok turned his contractor from a £7m minnow into a £100m tiger shark in four years. What you may not know about is his 15-year struggle to get the chance to do it.

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    2004-08-13T00:00:00Z

    How the British game of Poohsticks could be an Olympic winner, Vanessa Feltz is let loose on site and Building makes an impression in snowy Siberia

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    2004-08-06T00:00:00Z

    A cautionary tale for QSs contemplating a name change, Libeskind breaks into the movies and why you should never add water to your alcohol

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    2004-07-30T00:00:00Z

    A heartwarming royal commemorative issue, in which urchins from the housebuilding industry meet Her Majesty and Diana's memory brings tears to the eyes

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    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    More tales of woe and vengeance, with a guest appearance by Jean-Luc Picard as President Pringle and a soundtrack by the scaffolders …

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    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    These are the ramblings of the diarist Hansom, his one-week mission to explore new gossip, to seek out embarrassing facts and amusing trivia, to boldly go …

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    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A special issue on the difficulty of transporting information from one head to another without something dreadful happening on the way

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    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Reporting this week from that very special place where the mindwarping worlds of rock stardom, architecture, Marxism and hockey intersect

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    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    We scour the internet, swans around at Ascot, lurks on street corners and goes to sweat-soaked ceremonies and beer-soaked clubs – and all for you

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    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    This week, key industry players avoid faux-pas with royalty, hire personal protection, look like dummies and drink Pimm's with the dead

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    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    More heartwarming stories of everyday xenophobia, madness, greed, buck passing, fraud, sin, error, confusion, doubt, marble and identical twins

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    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    This week, travel from the lap of Bond Street luxury to the seat of a plumbing problem in Wales, avoiding the rats still aboard the good ship construction

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    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Simple rules: Don't be a loser, don't stand next to one, don't trail banners across the sky advertising that you are one, don't accept umbrellas from one

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    2004-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Another week in the life of construction, complete with a cast of strikers, pilots, rock stars, the Queen and, of course, a transvestite sculptor

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    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    A fog has descended over us this week, through which the eerie keening of civil servants can be heard, the moons rise and the shadows fall …