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How a space can change a life

How a space can change a life

In the late 1920s, Virginia Woolf published A Room of One’s Own, an extended essay based on her assertion that women of the time needed a safe, private space if they were to be able to write. Hers was a feminist argument, of course, a generation and a continent away...
Kool customer

Kool customer

Only the most hardened climate change deniers, or Donald Trump, would deny the world isn’t becoming a warmer place, so being in the air-conditioning industry would seem to be a fairly safe bet for a future-proof business. With last year being the joint-hottest...
Enterprising spirit

Enterprising spirit

You could think of it as Emma Kinton’s new library – shelves climbing from just above floor level all the way to the ceiling, packed with treats to fire the imagination. But rather than the books that you would normally associate with an accomplished teacher of...
Blades, trains and ambitious schemes

Blades, trains and ambitious schemes

One of the many endorsements on Finbarr Dowling’s LinkedIn profile hails him as a “truly inspirational leader who gets the very best out of a team”. His credentials speak for themselves – 30 years working for Siemens around the world on a list of projects as long as...