Thoughts on Our Future City Plan Part 1
An update to the Big City Plan is almost here and Brummies are being asked to comment on how they'd like to see their city evolve.
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Jordan
- Mar 26
- 11 min
Thoughts on Our Future City Plan Part 2
An update of the Big City Plan is almost here and Brummies are being asked to comment on how they'd like to see their city evolve.
Jordan
- Jul 21, 2020
- 15 min
A revised 10 year vision for Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham Museums Trust is looking for a new Chief Executive to drive forward a vision for one of the country’s largest civic...
Jordan
- May 26, 2020
- 16 min
Area by Area Ideas to Foster an Active Travel Revolution
At a time when we are far more conscious of the space between us we are also beginning to realise how much of that space is wasted...
Jordan
- Feb 25, 2020
- 16 min
A Draft Birmingham Food Policy
Our food culture has undergone gradual yet extensive change over the last few decades, creating phenomena that will now be very familiar...
Jordan
- Feb 5, 2020
- 7 min
Andy Street’s £15bn West Midlands Transport Plan: An Analysis
Courtesy of Andy Street, the West Midlands finally has a vision for a region-wide tram network and the ambition of the plans is to be...
Jordan
- Feb 3, 2020
- 8 min
Is car-dependence the new smoking?
Birmingham City Council launched their transport plan to establish the city centre as a car-free zone. It’s a bold vision which would...
Jordan
- Dec 6, 2019
- 9 min
In defence of Birmingham's German Christmas Market
After twenty years Birmingham has changed quite a bit but the market has remained pretty much the same.
Jordan
- Nov 26, 2019
- 4 min
I can't find Brummagem
Birmingham is going through a period of immense change but it would be untrue to suggest that it is unprecedented.
Jordan
- Oct 1, 2019
- 17 min
A Tale of Two Brums
How Birmingham’s complex relationship with the car shaped the city we live in and is in danger of continuing to do so.
Jordan
- Aug 8, 2019
- 4 min
The Post-Brexit Diary
What will the UK look like the day after we leave the EU? Those sunlit uplands look like they have been delayed at customs.
Jordan
- Apr 2, 2019
- 7 min
Carters of Moseley
Arriving at Carters for the first time what strikes you first is how small the space is; without a bar to speak of at which to sit for a...
Jordan
- Nov 2, 2017
- 23 min
The Structure of Dante's Afterword in La Divina Comedia
One of the fundamental principles governing the organisation of Dante’s afterworld is incredibly simple; down is worse and up is better.
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