16 August, 2008

Don't live in glass houses

An advert in the local free paper claims that a firm specialises in installing 'the next generation of conservatories: orangeries'.

Oh dear.

I've visited orangeries, in Warszawa and Paris. They're huge pavilions in the grounds of royal palaces. They're not merely extensions to the semi-detached homes of middle-class little-Englanders. How pathetic.