Quote of the day–tradition
Tradition is what you make it. That is, most traditions were someone’s bright idea which was successful enough to persist … Read More “Quote of the day–tradition”
Tradition is what you make it. That is, most traditions were someone’s bright idea which was successful enough to persist … Read More “Quote of the day–tradition”
The arts can have an impact on the local economy in several ways The arts as a community/personal activity. This … Read More “The arts and the local economy”
When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present … Read More “Let us build forever”
Only operations that are well-established, high turnover, standardised or highly subsidized can afford, commonly, to carry the costs of new … Read More “New ideas–old buildings?”
If you are a retail chain which tries to offer everything to everyone, with a combination of real and online … Read More “The post-Portas high street”
Evidence collected from the UK suggests that top of the list of what is important to people is ‘neighbourhood’ (not … Read More “What makes a good place–and how do we get one?”
When we compare the Victorian antecedents of our public institutions with the organs of working-class mutual aid in the same … Read More “The welfare road we failed to take”
In a talk he gave in 2007, (available from here: http://www.senscot.net/view_news.php?viewid=6781) Edgar Cahn, the founder of the Timebank movement (http://www.timebanks.org/about) … Read More “why Community Action is essential”
One of the biggest concerns in Devizes at the moment appears to be new housing development. This is a common … Read More “Housing and the law of unintended consequences”
I intend to take a critical look at all the 28 recommendations in the report, but to keep the post … Read More “the Portas review of the high street–town centre management issues”