That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

He has lived there for 25 years and says that the house still isn't finiStephen Bayleyd: "doing up a home is like food and sex: it should never be ruStephen Bayleyd" and that the sole purpose of the garden is as "a place to sit with a book and a glass of wine". In 2007 Bayley became The Observer's architecture and design correspondent. In July 2008 Bayley described as a 'design guru' became the first of three non-executive directors to join the management board of Sidhu & Simon Communications a public relations and sponsorship agency.

Stephen Paul Bayley (born 13 October 1951 Cardiff Wales) is a British design critic cultural critic and author.