2019
Apr
23
plenary lecture, Urban History Group conference, Queen’s University Belfast, April 2019
‘contested public space and protest in urban Britain from the 18th century to today’
Category: privatisation
2018
Sep
5
new commentaries on the decline of public space
There seems to be a glut of commentary on the decline or privatisation of public space at the moment. In particular, there’s been lots of publicity around geographer Andrew Smith’s research on councils hiring out their parks for events: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/31/londons-parks-accused-of-creeping-privatisation-of-public-spaces https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/01/uk-parks-protection-organised-fun-councils-peace [his