2019
Jun
24
public lecture in Berlin 1 July
I am giving a public lecture at Humboldt University, Berlin, on Monday 1 July. https://www.gbz.hu-berlin.de/events
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2019
May
31
Public Order acts and public space
Sometimes the shorter articles provoke the most interesting of thoughts for this project. I’m increasingly finding really rich material in legal scholarship. Gavin Parker’s article, ‘Rights, the Environment and Part V of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994’, Area, 31:
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’
2019
Apr
12
moral ecologies of resistance
A couple of weeks ago, news of private developers netting hedges and trees to prevent migratory birds nesting in them started to raise objections on social media. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47627749 More recently, local people near the affected areas have taken action such as setting
2019
Mar
29
commons (2)
I’ve been reading some legal scholarship on the registration of commons and village greens. One of the main themes throughout is the continued difficulties faced in compiling any truly accurate register, given the complex ways in which land has been held and
2019
Feb
27
a revival of interest in land reform
I’m curious as to why there has been an upsurge in academic and trade books on the issue of land reform. Of course, Anna Minton was part of pushing the issue of the privatisation of public land back onto the agenda a
2019
Feb
22
Interview on North Manchester Radio
Hannah Priest of North Manchester Radio interviewed me last week for her programme A Helping of History. Listen to hear about the radical history of Cropper/Osborne Street Collyhurst. Hear it now on Mixcloud:
2019
Jan
23
definitions of public space
I’m starting to compile as many definitions of public space as I can from here. 2011 First, the definition from the London Assembly’s 2011’s report, ‘Public life in private hands Managing London’s public space’, which started to acknowledge the massive shift to
2019
Jan
13
who owns England and land registration
Quick post – As you may know, this project is very much inspired by the great project Who Owns England? led by Guy Shrubsole and a team of researchers, sending in FOI applications and scraping maps to campaign for more transparency in
2018
Jan
21
locales: the Webb Estate, Surrey
The Webb Estate near Purley, Surrey, is an odd place, a exclusive-feeling village of ‘desirable’ houses, but with indications of something else behind the gates. The official website of the company that run the estate: http://www.webbestate.co.uk/history-1 Here are some pictures of