Restoring Continuity: Housing, Heritage, and Community in Thanet
Thanet today stands at a crossroads. It could become another case study in transience—a place hollowed out by speculative fervor, full of stylish bars and empty flats. Or it could chart a rarer course, showing how a coastal town can balance revival with rootedness.
Demolition by Incentive
Why Britain keeps tearing down its best houses—and how we can stop it.
Corbett Arms: Why Tywyn’s Living History Must Not Be Erased
To erase the Corbett Arms is to erase part of Tywyn’s living identity. It is to discard the embedded stories of generations..
Brick Lane After the Rejection: What Must Happen Now to Prevent Cultural Erasure
Responding to the Council’s refusal of the Truman Brewery scheme—and the uncertain road ahead
Behind the Façade: Who Really Profits from the Brick Lane Redevelopment?
The story of Brick Lane is a test of our collective urban ethics. Will we allow developers to rewrite it as a marketing slogan—or will we defend it as a living, layered history worth protecting?
The Battle for Brick Lane
Where heritage meets resistance, and London's soul risks eviction.
Cliftonville: The Last Grand Seaside Quarter
Cliftonville offers a model for heritage-led regeneration that does not displace but includes. It is not a museum piece, but a living district—one where restoration must consider memory as much as mortar.
Built Heritage, Common Ground: Why Protecting Buildings Must Mean Protecting Communities
To preserve built heritage without preserving the common culture it anchors is to sever a structure from its meaning.
Repairing the Past, Investing in the Future: A Call for VAT Relief on Historic Building Restoration
"Demolition is tax efficient. Conservation is not." This is a systemic failure.
