In our weekly interview about objects, the comedian and architecture enthusiast tells us about a memento of his late mother and a simple metal tin that sparks joy
e’s best known as a comedian, radio host and one half of Merrick and Rosso, but Tim Ross is also a self-confessed architecture and design nerd. For the last 11 years Ross has performed a live show about buildings around the world. He also serves as a member of the national architecture awards jury and has received prizes for his heritage advocacy.
My beautiful mum died last year and on a sideboard in our bedroom sits one of her old necklaces. It’s a beautiful modernist piece of jewellery and she used to wear it over a jumper or skivvy in that late 60s and 70s style. As a kid I was drawn to its organic shapes and when I look at it every day it’s a bittersweet reminder of her passing. It was her final gift of love to me.Somewhere along the line I got a tin of Las Vegas playing cards.
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