Modern Architecture »
You can tell a lot about a society and its politics by its architecture: conservative and re-assuring, or brutal and ‘new’. But where would a future historian look for the defining architecture of today and what would they find? Ambiguity? Lack of conviction? A growing feeling that both architecture and politics have grown irrelevant? If they looked harder, might they find architecture, of a different sort, that promises – for the first time in our history – the potential to build structures that will support genuine democracy at last?
Three Steps to Power… »
What links a taxi driver in Birmingham with an investment banker in New York? Or, for that matter, a farmer in Mirpur, Pakistan, with a care assistant in Hackney and a retired bus conductor in Barbados? The answer might be ‘six degrees of separation’. That is, the idea that no more than six personal connections [...]
A Radical Localist Future? »
Chamberlain Forum meeting looking at the future of localism and devolution with Cllr John Cotton and others at Stanhope Hall, Highgate B12 0XG
The Future of Health and Social Care »
Reforms in health and social care services are needed to enable: decision making to take place at the best level – too much is too centralised and based on data extracted from an area, rather than real information about life in it public services to support and enable self-help – not enough emphasis is put [...]
Common Ground for City Cultures »
Some see it as a classroom or a refuge; to others it’s the gym or a hospital… or their church. People tell Birmingham park-keeper Fred Tematema that their local park serves a multitude of purposes. Their use and role make parks and open spaces places where ‘Big Society’ is put to the test.
Curzon Street & The British Revolution »
picture: Carl Baker I suppose the fact that Curzon Street Station is still there is the real surprise. The grade I listed building opened in 1838 and provided Birmingham’s rail links to Liverpool and London: linking the world’s first industrial town to the two greatest ports. Unlike many landmarks of that era, Curzon Street is [...]
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