There’s an area in the northeast of England where planners, health providers, arts organisations and local government are collaborating...

With a new year comes a media spotlight on self-improvement, “healthy ageing” and “longevity” feature highly in both social and...

Happy new year!   Here’s hoping that sincere wishes for happiness and prosperity in 2025 are met with acknowledgment of some significant...

On April 15, 2019 the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris was severely damaged in a devastating fire – and this week, five years on, its...

On Tuesday this week, World Toilet Day was celebrated across the world – laugh if you want, but it’s a long-established event   led by...

Earlier this month the British Medical Journal published results of a survey by the Royal College of GPs on time spent on non-clinical...

The Life Sciences industry is comprised of companies and organisations that research, develop and manufacture pharmaceuticals,...

Earlier this year I visited Singapore and wrote about how government  interventions have led to some remarkable outcomes on housing,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This past year has seen real progress in demonstrating how our built environment - the homes & places where we live – impacts our...

Earlier this week I came home to find on my doormat a “special invitation” from Audley Villages to visit a newly developed “luxury...

When I wrote over a year ago about the need to rethink public toilets, a journalist I know told me that the issue would not attract wider...