The Intangible Value of Place


The projected draconian cutbacks in UK Public Sector spending will have a dramatic impact on how the State and its operating partners will address the ongoing need for the regeneration of towns and cities throughout the land. Nowhere will the effects be more felt than the less well-off areas of the UK. And yet places in the North East and North West, Wales and Scotland are still trying to find a new identity born out of the deindustrialisation of the Read More...

Lonely Planet – from ashes to good thinking!


The Icelandic ash cloud provoked many creative reactions – for example, I had a good laugh when I stumbled upon the facebook group named “Don’t mess with Iceland, they’ll shut your airports down”. But without a doubt Lonely Planet fostered the best idea in response to the cloud that I have come across. They decided to offer iPhone users free downloads of city guides to affected cities around Europe for a limited period. This quickly proved highly popular and the Read More...