The key to finding space

ONE day, Mrs Ward-Previews and I plan to downsize. That’s why we always watch GEORGE CLARKE’S AMAZING SPACES (C4, 9pm). When seeking ideas for somewhere smaller to live, where better to find inspiration?

- Mike Ward

For 13 years now, this series has been “celebrating small-space trailblazers”.

Which, in English, means George has been meeting people who have made homes in the pokiest of places (eg. horseboxes, ice cream vans and nuclear bunkers).

And when he’s seen what they've achieved, he’s gone: “Wow!

Amazing! You could almost swing a cat in here.”

Or words to that effect.

But why, in all this time, have I never looked at one of these transformations and cried: “That would suit us perfectly! Let's build our own version!”