Jim Muttram

A story in this morning's Guardian perfectly illustrates the policy incoherence that runs to the heart of the current government. It concerns Britain's National Cycling network, a linked chain of over 16,500 miles of cycleways which are used by half the number of people who…

According to a BBC news story "Amazon warehouse accidents total 440". While this is obviously bad news for the people involved, is it good or bad compared to the industry as a whole? The tenor of the story implies it is bad news. But then…

Today the IPCC came out with its sternest warning yet about the dangers the world faces if global warming isn't held to 1.5degC. The thing is, we already know how Governments can do this. They tax the things they want less of and incentivise the…

Many years ago when my boys were young teenagers we used to have to take them off every Saturday to play Warhammer, the strategy game you play in person with others with characters you bought and lovingly painted yourself. It became a big obsession with…

Interesting talk this lunchtime at the RSA from Don Carter about his new book Remaking Post-Industrial Cities, which looks at 10 cities in the US and Europe and charts their decline and recovery. Carter looks at the history of the cities in three phases: He…