Always on the lookout for redevelopment projects that align housing and placemaking with improving health outcomes, I was intrigued to...

On a beautiful summer evening last Tuesday, fifty-odd leaders and practitioners from the built environment, health provision, public...

Earlier this year, before its demise , NHS England published   Neighbourhood Health Guidelines , which stated   “there is an urgent need...

Since my return last month from Uganda and my blog about  how participation in music making has impacted the health of local communities...

As preventative health features prominently in the government’s agenda and in particular as a focus for improving the NHS , I’m...

Earlier this year I visited Singapore and wrote about how government  interventions have led to some remarkable outcomes on housing,...

There’s an ad going round social media this week by the city of Oslo, presented with irony by a droll Norwegian who asks if Oslo is “even...

“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...

A report came out last week from the Kings Fund and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation giving new evidence to the link between areas of...

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

Earlier this week I came home to find on my doormat a “special invitation” from Audley Villages to visit a newly developed “luxury...

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...

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

“We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy...

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

There is perhaps no one more informed about the integration of place, health & wellbeing in London than Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, ...

I’ve always had a fascination with rivers and with cities, which is why I live in London on the river Thames and belong to a local rowing...

I visited the Bromley-by-Bow Centre (BBBC) last week for a presentation, tour and chat with its insights director Dan Hopewell. Quite by...

Nigel Crisp is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords where he co-chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global...