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

Our new government has pledged to limit tax rises while at the same time promising to invest in our NHS, education and energy...

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...

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...

Earlier this month, the Home Builders Federation revealed that over the last three years, more than £50 million of taxpayer money was...

“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...

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...

A parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, parallel world, parallel dimension, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical...

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...

A friend came to visit last weekend and, as we set off on a walk along the Thames towpath from Mortlake, SW London, she asked what was...

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...

Last Thursday, 23rd November, I joined a panel of “experts” to answer questions from the GLA Oversight Committee about best practice when...

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...