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jonn elledge
Like no council canteen you’ve ever seen: on the drinks menu at the City of London’s Guildhall Bar
There are many questions about the City of London Corporation, the municipal body which governs the oldest part of the…
In 1948, the UK government produced a propaganda cartoon to sell New Towns, and it is mindblowing
In the late 1940s, the Labour government headed by Clement Attleee set about remaking Britain. It created the modern welfare…
More people are cycling in Britain’s major cities – except two
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the…
Podcast: The Missing White Rose
One of the enduring questions in English cities policy these days is: what’s gone wrong in Yorkshire? Earlier this year,…
Which British cities have the bestest ultrafast broadband?
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the…
Podcast: Let Us Play
We talk a lot – on this podcast, and on the website from which it spun off – about the…
London Overground is experimenting with telling passengers which bits of the next train is busiest
One of the most fun things to do, for those who enjoy claustrophobia and other people’s body odour, is to…
Oh good, another pretty picture which won’t solve any of London’s actual problems
It happened again. Another architecture practice has seemingly decided that it’s too difficult to get attention and praise for its…
Podcast: The Adventure of Richard Florida and the New Urban Crisis
This week, I’m talking to one of the stars of the cities world. Richard Florida is a professor of urban…
Winner-takes-all urbanism and superstar cities: on Richard Florida’s “New Urban Crisis”
The city, the late political theorist Benjamin Barber argued in his 2013 book If Mayors Ruled The World, would be…