Kevin McCloud says Africa experiences a wider colour spectrum under their bright sunlight, reaping all the potential of their vividly coloured landscape. That is, in comparison to Britain's constant bleak sky, where Europe's greatest cloud cluster casts a grey shadow over the country. Which totally makes sense in the point of view of photography and colour filters. Right, even the grass looks bluer on the other side of the hemisphere.

What else have I learned about Grand Designs but that every staircase has the potential to be a beautiful functional sculpture to be commissioned by a master craftsman.