FuturesRob
@futuresrob.bsky.social
Devo. Housing. What else? Cities. New Towns. Battling with the past & the present. Trying to get back to the future
A massive day for #devo today. A lot of hard yards ahead but feels like a genuine, much anticipated moment. Hats off to everyone who has been plugging away at this for so long www.gov.uk/government/p...
Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement (HTML)
gov.uk
Heading back to #Canada again this summer, to the wonderful Toronto once more but also first time visits to Montreal, Quebec City & Halifax. Welcome any recommendations for cool places to visit, eat & drink plus all #Urban #Regeneration highlights
Heading back to #Canada again this summer, to the wonderful Toronto once more but also first time visits to Montreal, Quebec City & Halifax. Welcome any recommendations for cool places to visit, eat & drink plus all #Urban #Regeneration highlights
This is a great slice of Brum social history, for anyone after a Bank Holiday listen #Birmingham #FortDunlop #PostIndustrial www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Fort Dunlop - BBC Sounds
Brand designer Giles Poyner pays tribute to Birmingham's Fort Dunlop building.
bbc.co.uk
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...
Post-War High-Rise in Birmingham III: the blocks come down
Birmingham’s torrid love affair with high-rise was ending by the late sixties.
municipaldreams.substack.com
From Addis Ababa & Bogota, seemingly small shifts making big differences to quality of life #Cities #Impact #LivingHappily www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
People Fixing The World - Family Friendly Cities - BBC Sounds
We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families
bbc.co.uk
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
Gavin Freeguard@gavinfreeguard.com · 9mo agoWhere are the public sector reformers? Can you help us find them? At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
Canal as cultural infrastructure : fascinating piece on the #ErieCanal www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Long Comeback of the Erie Canal
One of America’s first major public works projects is marking its 200th anniversary — and seeking a path to the future.
bloomberg.com
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...
What we learned at the World Design Congress
Podcast Episode · The Urbanist · 18/09/2025 · 31m
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“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...
The Buffalo Architect Fighting for Women in Design
From designing playgrounds to university campuses, Kelly Hayes McAlonie has worked to prioritize women and families in public space.
bloomberg.com
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/...
Rethink - Rethink...social housing - BBC Sounds
What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?
bbc.co.uk
The latest in a long line of developments & demolitions to revitalise downtown #Detroit www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Battle Over the Fate of Detroit’s Renaissance Center
Motor City officials and preservationists see different futures for RenCen, the soon-to-be-former headquarters of General Motors and once the world’s largest development.
bloomberg.com
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Simon Ricketts@simonicity.bsky.social · last yr.If you see this, post something orange.
📣📣📣 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...
Hiring Senior Fellow (Prevention), - Salisbury Square, EC4Y 8AP
View job details and apply now
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Jo Bibby@jobibby.bsky.social · last yr.📣📣📣 Absolutely fabulous job opportunity @healthfoundation.bsky.social for a Public Health Consultant with the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities through transforming prevention policy - in its broadest sense - across the UK! 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...
Stop Making Sense
David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable
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TIL that HBO originally wanted to cast Ray Winstone as Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, & now nothing will ever be the same again
a man in a blue sweater is sitting in front of a pile of papers
ALT: a man in a blue sweater is sitting in front of a pile of papers
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Download the full report as a PDF and explore the interactive map. ⬇️ www.common-wealth.org/publications...
A Tale of Two Towns: Economic Disadvantage and Political Disempowerment in Ex-Industrial England | Report | Common Wealth
What do the stories of Mansfield and Corby tell us about the state of contemporary Britain?
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