Category: Opinion

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

With over 600 designated throughout Scotland and a staggering 9,800 in England, Conservation Areas afford protection to the crème de la crème of…Continue readingThe Conservation Premium

Barry Turner is a town planner who has spent much of his professional life promoting at both local and national…Continue readingA new approach to tendering of rural bus services

As every schoolboy knows the answer is “to get to the other side.” Many, including this opinionated bien pensant, will understand…Continue readingWhy did the chicken cross the road?

Not a lot, perhaps. Today it would be the old A1, but both towns are, thankfully in many respects, bypassed.…Continue readingWhat connects Dunbar and Tranent?

My spies inform me that fissures are emerging in the local lab-con-lition over Dunbar’s long awaited Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).…Continue readingTROuble ahead