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A mid 19th century. 2-storey, symmetrical 3-bay building with extension to the side sounds very much like a workaday building of the…Continue readingMasonic Lodge Dunbar – Lost and Found
I met an engaging old lady the other day while I was sweeping away the debris of vomit, fag ends and takeaway…Continue readingThe decline and decline of tourism
When I learned that the Coastguard site opposite us had plans submitted earlier last month, I wasn’t exactly surprised, but…Continue readingRoom without a view
We are told there is a housing crisis, and I don’t necessarily disagree. It depends on your perspective and the…Continue readingPressures on Dunbar Conservation Area – where to put new housing
For those of you not in the loop, so to speak, LEADER is a European funding programme, which is reckoned…Continue readingFollow the LEADER
I have a passing admiration for the marketing savvy of the School of Life, even if proper philosophy is supposed to…Continue readingOrder, disorder and horrible
Yes the policy wonks have excelled themselves and have come up with: “The Town Centre First Principle encourages the public sector…Continue readingThe Town Centre First (and Last) Principle
this article, first published in September 2013 has been updated The vacant backlands of the old Empire Cinema are calling…Continue readingCreate a Community Garden
The most urgent challenge facing civil society today, according to Richard Sennet, is living with people who differ from us,…Continue readingDangerous dogs and the internet
Or so the old adage goes. But there’s so much more that you can do on the internet, such as…Continue readingIf you’ve got nothing nice to say say it on the internet