The first garden villages have been given government backing. Hurrah! These villages have the potential to deliver more than 48,000 homes across England. Double Hurrah!
Read More »That was the year that was
So, 2016. Not what you’d call a humdinger of a year, all things considered.
Read More »The truth, the hole truth
The truth, the hole truth
Read More »Scarcity of supply not shortage of opportunity
A great achievement from a great friend
So Hillary Clinton may not have broken through the ultimate glass ceiling just yet, although she's given it such a battering that it has to go sooner, rather than later, surely.
Read More »Cheap doesn’t always mean it’s affordable
Publishing deadlines – even online ones – being what they are, I am writing this slightly in advance of Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Read More »President T…no, sorry, still can’t say it
I thought I couldn’t be surprised by anything that the political arena could throw at me, after the “surprise” Conservative landslide in the 2015 General Election and the whisker-thin victory of the Leave campaigners in the Brexit vote.
Read More »OMG. USA, WTF?
I wrote the blog below yesterday morning when I really, truly thought that the last glass ceiling could and would be broken. I went to bed late, reeling from the initial results comng out of the ITV News, but still hoping that it could be turned around. By the time I woke up, it had all…
Read More »America – it’s up to you
By the time we wake up tomorrow, the world will have a new President-Elect.
Read More »Young at heart
The elixir of youth having proved somewhat elusive the hard facts must be faced: none of us are getting any younger and we need to be bringing younger talent into the industry.
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