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,...

As the new government tries to reconcile how to grow the economy by accelerating investment in new housing with a commitment to public...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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