Spatial curiosity got the better of me - what are the spatial implications of the Levelling Up announcements?

Unexpected stop off in Birmingham and rediscovery of this gem from Seifert & Partners. Just around the corner from Paradise

Cool Britannia : wintering in Windermere

I’ve tasted the future…edible coffee cups courtesy of Goodness Zero Waste in Urmston M41

The bump factor you don’t get WFH. Great to have an impromptu catch up on New York Street today ⁦⁦@23gleave⁩

Great to experience the regen of Hulme through my son’s eyes - A Level Geography fieldwork ✅

Great to be back at the Clocktower Hotel Mcr today to provide some musical support for kidneysforlife.org

Thanks to Manchester International Festival for the tour around #TheFactoryMCR. The scale and flexibility of the performance spaces is amazing. Fantastic addition to Manchester

Mayfield Park - the missing piece in Mcr’s liveability puzzle. What a great addition to the city

First thoughts on the potential of Investment Zones to join the dots…Innovation Districts, high speed rail hubs, major regen schemes and new communities

An autumnal Oldham Town Centre looking rather splendid today

Occasional urban blue amidst often showery streets. Distinctively Mcr

Heritage & innovation ⁦Manchester Cathedral⁩ Volition - helping unemployed people across GM to secure good jobs. Thanks for sharing your insights and the tour

A Coventry nocturne. Exhilarating mix of old masters and mid-century planning masterclass

Digital innovation, planning reform and UK growth go hand in hand. Read this from Tony Blair Institute for Global Change institute.global/policy/new-nat…

Everything everywhere all at once - Greater Mcr’s town centres are changing fast. Here in Stockport a new interchange and urban park takes shape

Mcr’s beating heart to its sleepy suburban edge in under 2 hours 🚶‍♂️. A big, growing city but still relatively compact and walkable

The circle of (consultancy) life - last in Brighton in 2015 to successfully appeal a PBSA scheme. Now back to show my son around the place as a prospective student. Reminder that meeting the needs of future generations is what planning is about

Manchester Unspun - totally absorbing read for anyone who has witnessed the city’s evolution over the last 40 years & poses deep questions - “If artists are shaped by the built environment, how will the transformation of Manchester’s centre affect the culture it produces?”

Hilda & Stan (Ogden and Sulzmann) - creative collision as Manchester’s Flower and Jazz Festivals coincide this weekend