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jonn elledge
This is why the Garden Bridge may never actually happen
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally incorrectly stated that the new bridge had yet to gain planning permission on the South Bank…
A Belgian graphic designer has published a brutalist colouring book
What could possibly be more exciting than a brutalist colouring book? How about a Belgian brutalist colouring book? “The Brutalist…
Sorry, northerners, but London’s tube strike is national news
Okay, there’s something that’s bugging me today. By even mentioning it I’m sticking my head on the block very slightly,…
Podcast: New year, new mayors
It’s cold, it’s January, and everything’s a bit depressing. So to cheer ourselves up, why don’t we have a nice…
So which English cities are actually getting devolution deals?
This May, an indeterminate number of English cities, city regions and other combined authorities will elect their first metro mayors.…
The government's Garden Villages plan suggests that 2017 will be just as disappointing as 2016
Good news, everyone! Britain’s government has clearly made a new year’s resolution to stop mucking about and address the housing…
Podcast: Christmas special service
There’s long been a tradition on British television of Christmas specials. Old characters come back, stories get bigger and more…
“The Rust Belt is the north of England on a continental scale”: on industrial decline & left behind places
It took an hour to find somewhere to eat in Youngstown. It was a week before election day in the…
“Strange how the name of a city can come to mean an event, rather than a place”: Aleppo before ‘Aleppo’
I know nothing of Aleppo, beyond the fact it’s a Syrian city currently playing host to a terror it’s too…
Podcast: Parklife
This week’s podcast presented me with an unusual challenge: which album by 90s Britpop four-piece Blur should I name it…