Over the last year I’ve seen more and more reports of the tensions in local communities created by new housing development and the...

Earlier this month, Asda unveiled plans for a “transformational Mixed-Use Redevelopment of its ten-acre Park Royal site in North West...

“Vulnerability” comes from the Latin word for wound – vulnis. It’s the state of being open to injury, or appearing as if you are. Feeling...

Along with wet weather, April came in with a blast of Nimby v Yimby hot air. So far this month, we’ve learned that Keir Starmer has...

I spent last week in Singapore which, along with many other accolades, has been designated the world’s sixth Blue Zone, and the world’s...

2024 is starting off with a bang for London’s public toilet campaigners. As conversations came to a head (!) toward the end of last year...

I first met Michael Edwards in 2021 through Just Space, a network of London-based community organisations which he and others set up in...

Happy new year – and what a year 2024 has started out to be, as global, national and local events unfold and impact us all in different...

The GIANT Health event, now in its tenth year, took place earlier this week, and I was invited to convene a panel for the NHS ICS/ICB...

I’m delighted to share this blog from Josh Artus at Centric Lab. What they’re doing in rethinking and redesigning Health Impact...

At a time when evidence is fast increasing on how the built environment impacts our individual and collective health, it is regrettable...

“Low hanging fruit”, when not in an orchard setting, refers to tasks or projects that can be easily and quickly completed before moving...

This past year has seen real progress in demonstrating how our built environment - the homes & places where we live – impacts our...

A new docuseries dropped on Netflix last week called “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones”. The series is conceived, produced, and...

When I wrote over a year ago about the need to rethink public toilets, a journalist I know told me that the issue would not attract wider...

Anyone involved in medicine and the provision of healthcare will recognise this phrase and its origins in Hippocrates – it embodies the...

Last year I interviewed Lord Nigel Crisp about housing and its impact on our individual and collective health, and how the scale of this...

Earlier this year when Secretary of State for Levelling up Michael Gove suggested that a rethought approach to planning education could...

Some recent events in Kent illustrate a disconnect between planning for new housing development and providing essential health services...

The recent consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (now closed) has brought forth diverse opinions from across the...