Most developments would be immeasurably improved by reducing the number of houses by 10-15% to allow breathing room in the gardens. Oftentimes, this extra density is only injected after the formal pl… (View Post)

The onerous and unpredictable application of environmental certification means it’s very risky to take on a lot of brownfield sites. A case in point is the huge number (and about to exponentially inc… (View Post)

Well the answer is that they haven’t. If you look around the world, there are plenty of governments large and small less allergic to the idea, who have formally released some proper mad stuff and mad… (View Post)

The mid years of the 21st century might see a confluence of tech development, in quantum computing and AI, that would make everything else that came before a bit irrelevant. And whoever gets there fi… (View Post)

It’s easy to sneer at its politicians, its guns, its culture wars. But America remains the most extraordinary boiling pot of innovation, collaboration and optimism that arguably humans have ever cons… (View Post)