The Learning Hub is a collection of handmade concrete towers surrounding a central space that brings everyone together, interspersed with nooks, balconies and gardens for informal collaborative learning.

Our job is to get people in, create the spaces, and then get out of the way.

It gives me the creeps when I see a frame for a building going up and recognise the architect. You shouldn't know who a project is by.

One great building does not make a great city.

Don't let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

When I was a boy, I was a worrier, and so was my son, Joe. I used to tell him that worrying meant he had an imagination and that one day he'd be pleased.

In my first label Shrapnel Records I wasn't expected to do anything except the creative music that I wanted to do. I was my own boss, which is great.