Oh, Play That Thing!

Five years I lived with a horrible bathroom. Time to do something about it. 2009. The year I learned your average tradesman's life's blood absolutely depends on charging you, the guileless punter, as much as he possibly can for the barest minimum of work and God strike you down, you miserable fuck, dare you complain about poor workmanship.
So here is a winter portrait of my beautiful new bathroom, named after a rather wonderful book by Roddy Doyle, the second in a trilogy that began in 1999 with A Star Called Henry. If you're reading this, Mr Doyle, five years is far too long to keep your public waiting for the final instalment...

words & image: peter thomson