Read my review of London: From Punk to Blair for 3:AM Magazine ” London pigeons, like their human counterparts, are often accused by pigeons from elsewhere in the country of thinking the world begins and ends in the capital. The London pigeons don’t care. They know the other pigeons are really just jealous.”  

Read my New Start blog on how to build a positive Olympic legacy for East London The blog was based on an interview with regeneration expert and placemaker Ian Freshwater (@theaquafresca), and was part of New Start’s special focus on East London You can also download Tom Smith’s (@_datasmith) thought-provoking opening prezi here Thanks to [...]

Read my piece for New Start on ‘Love, urbanism and a deadly ski slope’ Why hasn’t the British urbanism moveent captured people’s imagination? Maybe it’s because we don’t talk enough about people’s feelings. The image is the ‘Bridge of Locks’ in Paris, taken by me

Download my contribution (PDF) to the Co-op Council Network’s pamphlet Towards co-operative councils: empowering people to change their lives This is my contribution to a collection of essays, edited by Kitty Ussher and Steve Reed MP with a preface from Ed Miliband.

Listen to the Podcast and read the slides from CityDiplo’s event on place-branding – “London – fractured identity or collection of neighbourhoods?” You can also check out Malcolm Allan’s (@MalkyAllan) write up of the main arguments and debate Photograph by me, taken in Whitechapel, East London

“Co-operating without crises”, New Start, January 2012 Scarcity can also be the mother of inertia. For every example of creativity born of austerity, there are many examples of innovation being strangled at birth by low morale and lack of capacity”.

Read my ‘expert verdict’ on urban development in 2012 – and my suggestions for making progress in 2013. “Society can’t just praise the poorest for their gumption, then leave them to fight against the tide.”

Here is my presentation to the #Crossovers2012 event on culture and the visitor economy In our post-regeneration world, where communities are developing radically new solutions, culture and creativity are more important than ever. You can see a summary of all contributions here along with a recap of social media organised by @jennifermjones

Read my article for CLES-New Start on sand and neighbourhood renewal “The more I looked, the more I could see. The more I could see, the more I could appreciate the strangeness, richness and capacity to delight that abounds in  ‘your average neighbourhood’.”