Archive for September, 2009

Slow off the mark on this news but in another recent architectural incident the Prince has had his wrists slapped by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), so here it is… Following a complaint by anti-monarchy pressure group Republic,

Allotments for the People!
posted on 17th September 2009 in Life . Sustainability | Comments no comments

This is a subject close to my heart & something that I agree with: Think-tank the New Local Government Network (NLGN) says that new allotments should be created from what is an estimated 3,500 hectares of derelict brownfield land & that local councils should promote “edible landscaping”. Apparently there are 100,000 people on a waiting list for [...]

This is a re-hash of a post from a previous now defunct blog  - I just had to re-publish it (it’s been edited). Some years ago I was a member of Norwich City Council Planning committee. I once refered to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts as an example of great architecture whilst we were considering some [...]