About

I’m an architect living in West Yorkshire with my darling wife, our chocolate lab Bertie and two cats, Molly and Wiffle. I recently stepped back after many years as a partner in a multi-disciplinary practice to pursue more personal projects.  Although not a Yorkshireman (I was born in East Anglia) I’ve lived here longer than anywhere else.

Whilst my corporate life was all about planning, building, clients and ‘telegrams and anger’ as E M Forster put it, my personal interests – my personal passions really – were never shared as fully as I’d have liked. So here is my opportunity to talk about all the things that grab me and hope they chime with like-minded people in the blogosphere.

The name Best Revenge arose twenty-five years ago when we were lucky enough to design and build our own home. The local authority said they could not give us a street number, so convoluted was the existing numbering, and we had to choose a name. “Living Well is the Best Revenge” was a favourite quotation and was a driver for the house design: essentially creating a home that allowed us to live our best lives. The fact that it was rather different from the conventional in many ways is a story in itself. Best Revenge it was.

So Living Well covers a multitude of things for me. Many I hope are shared by others and of course I’d love to hear about what constitutes Living Well for you too. Please join the mailing list using the form below or drop me a comment on kevin@bestrevenge.co.uk – or both!