Category Archives: “We” towns

Towns: Time for some good news

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Leigh Sparks

This blog has railed, far too often, at the dire coverage of high streets and towns.  Partial data, an agenda of failure, a lack of intelligence and thinking about what is being studied and a seemingly overwhelming desire to stigmatise … Continue reading →

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High Streets for Consumers or High Streets for Citizens?

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Leigh Sparks

A little while ago I came across a new article by Julian Dobson entitled “from me towns to we towns”. I invited Julian to summarise this for this blog,  but he thought some up to date context would work better … Continue reading →

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