All articles by jonn elledge
jonn elledge
On the psychogeography of derelict space
Over at CityMetric’s mothership this week, there’s an interesting Ed Smith column about the psychology of urban space. More specifically,…
Here’s why the London housing market might have peaked
I’ve thought for some time that London’s recent housing boom was approaching its conclusion. Property consultants have told me the…
“It’s striking how London is the only major conurbation that features on a global scale of any relevance.”
Jim O’Neill – economist, Goldman Sachs alumnus, inventor of the term “BRIC” – has just been scooped. On 16 July,…
If you live in Sheffield you probably can't read this
Sheffield sucks: let’s not beat around the bush here. I mean, yeah, okay, the steel was good while it lasted,…
Saudi Arabia’s second city is building an entire public transport system from scratch
There’s a bit of a public transport boom going on in the Gulf at the moment. From Doha to Dubai,…
Where does London end?
“Where London ends” is one of those topics that can keep Londoners arguing happily with each other for hours. Is…
Crossrail could go to Hertfordshire
Oh, Crossrail: don’t know where you’re going, don’t know where you’re coming from. By now, we all pretty much thought…
The US Army thinks it needs a plan to invade Lagos
So the United States Army has recently been thinking about megacities, that growing cluster of urban giants containing more than…
7 film and TV series set in the exciting world of municipal government
One of the big TV hits of 2014 has been True Detective, a beautifully shot HBO series which saw Woody…
The £15bn plan to close Britain's north-south divide
It’s all too easy to talk about Britain’s north-south divide in the abstract, without really thinking too hard about what…