Pretty sure I heard Jeremy Hunt arguing for regional fiscal devolution this morning. What is going on? #devo

🚨 My new post on Substack, taking Birmingham as an example, attempts to answer the big question as to how and why post-war high-rise failed. It's a complex question that deserves nuanced thinking. You can judge for yourself. municipaldreams.substack.com/p/post-war-h...

The future arrives?

From Addis Ababa & Bogota, seemingly small shifts making big differences to quality of life #Cities #Impact #LivingHappily www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#Buffalo, NY. Sorry, I can’t keep it a secret

Happy New Year from the amazing city of #Toronto

Ten days until I head over to #Toronto & #Buffalo, any Blueskyers’ recommendations very welcome

We’d love people’s input to this! 👇 Where are the UK public sector reformers? Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it. Grateful for RTs

Canal as cultural infrastructure : fascinating piece on the #ErieCanal www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A big day for New Town news www.gov.uk/government/n...

Great to hear the item on Seattle’s waterfront on The Urbanist podcast. 20 years in the making, a lesson in community & civic commitment podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

“A society can only afford to not invest in the public realm for so long before things start to break, and our cities are breaking.” Great interview www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A useful tour round some familiar issues in this episode of Rethink - maybe nothing new, but good to hear the need for #socialhousing being recognised as a national & local priority #affordability www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The latest in a long line of developments & demolitions to revitalise downtown #Detroit www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

First Sunday morning junior cricket fixture, happy days

If you see this, post something orange

Might start stockpiling Oswald Spengler books…

Interesting #newtown news www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

📣📣📣 So … public health jobs @healthfoundation.bsky.social are like buses - you wait for one for ages and then two arrive at the same time! Another great role shaping our prevention agenda ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Please share! lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/ca...

Dylan, Lynch & the mystery train: excellent again from @ianleslie.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

Pretty pleased with my sales bargain today #BoundForGlory

TIL that HBO originally wanted to cast Ray Winstone as Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, & now nothing will ever be the same again

#NewCities from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...

Download the full report as a PDF and explore the interactive map. ⬇️ www.common-wealth.org/publications...

Tech & innovative cities; legacy cities; emerging cities; affordable cities. Four urban (US) Americas, as set out by Alan Berube podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Brilliant #Dylan & band performance in Nottingham last night. Best I have heard him in years

Time for a re-up of Andor then

Great news - @ianleslie.bsky.social book on John & Paul is on its way open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

Lovely stuff from @ianleslie.bsky.social #Darwin open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...

Very excited to get this in the post today #Buffalo #regenreadinglist

There’s a lot to be said, for & against, about the #London2012 legacy of regeneration. But it has to be about more than counting cranes www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Baltimore wetland project www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Thoroughly enjoying bluesky right now. It feels like twitter c.2010. Not just because it doesn't have the bad bits. It has interesting people talking about interesting things with no algorithm. We should follow far & wide to learn new things, be curious & join dots. Avoid ratio-concerned bubbles!

Rental affordability in the FT www.ft.com/content/1b37...

Sunday morning, middle England

Brilliant ride from the Portuguese pair in the #Madison 🚴‍♀️

@pialidg.bsky.social hello! This feels like old times.

@annaclarke.bsky.social hi Anna, thanks for connecting

I’m another refugee from the cesspit formerly known as twitter. Mostly banging on about #devolution, #futures, #housing & #urbanregeneration. UK based, global outlook