Thursday 6 April

Welcome to my first blog. Yes, I'm jumping on the latest media bandwagon with full gusto. Are blogs just a free rein for writers to add to their own self-importance and preen their intellectual wares over the web? Discuss. Please feel free to strongly disagree, laugh or cheer wildly at or read two lines and then return to that tricky Sudoku you were stuck on. Above all any written replies (simply click on the bit next to my digitally enhanced face) to any of my offerings would great - it will make my life worth living. Honest.

Thankfully for yourselves, I do have something to report on for my first entry, rather than mindless blather on the subject of blogs. I managed to stagger my way to the Movers & Shakers breakfast bash at the Four Seasons hotel on Park Lane. A true hack while approaching the venue I spotted a few new names on site boards outside the nearby Intercontinental Hotel, which is undergoing a major £25m refit. That job was one previously held by fit-out group Curzon, who sadly departed from this world last month. The new boys on the job? Beck Interiors and Sisk according to the signs.

The topic up for discussion at the networking event this morning was A Vision for London. Architect Sir Terry Farrell gave a fascinating into the history and topography of the capital city, arguing that rather than a sprawling mess the capital's geography fits a kind of logical order. He also made an interesting point that the most densely populated area in London is the richest, that of Kensington Chelsea. It's also not packed with tall building and has significant tracts of green space, Farrell added.

My favourite moment was more of an impromptu one. Asked about how the open space was used Farrell revealed a pet hate - railings on roads and underground pedestrian tunnels. "Why do we have them? If I was in charge I'd get rid of all of them immediately." It certainly struck a chord with me, living near the incomprehensible underground passage under the Aldgate triangle. Above the ground is the annoying presence of metres and metres of pointless railings. Are myself and Terry alone in our incomprehension and confusion over these matters?