The NY Times has quite a neat interactive feature called Envisioning Downtown. You can view a sweeping panoramic shot round Ground Zero as it looks now, and then back round an imagined portrait of what it will look like under Daniel Libeskind's winning design for the site.
The childcare revolution has brought the UK a whole new collection of purpose built buildings for early years education and childcare. But we've come a long way from the little village hall...
A recent report has highlighted the role of village pubs in strengthening local communities. Soon, all country pubs could be kitted out with state of the art computer learning equipment.I can't believe we didn't think of this first.
Once upon a time, in one of the most enlightened countries on the globe and in the most enlightened era known to mankind, there lived and worked a journalist. Let us just call her M. This journalist subscribed to certain unshakeable principles. She believed that members of a civilised society had a set of duties towards each other, that selfishness was wrong, that the strong had a particular responsibility to help the weak, that harm to others could and should be avoided and that the lies by ...
Spotted this story in the Mirror about a report from the Consumers Association recommending a Fat Tax.Click here for the story.
The number of children killed on our roads leaps as soon as they start going to secondary school. "THE risk of children being seriously injured or killed on their way to school doubles when they reach secondary school age because parents become less attentive, a study has found." Click here to find out more (free registration required).
Journalists are turning themselves into online brands. stephenpollard.net, the weblog of a Times columnist which enthusiastically models itself on andrewsullivan.com, the weblog of a Sunday Times columnist, and links to melaniephillips.com, the weblog of a Daily Mail columnist. Is weblogging the preserve of conservative commentators?
The Strategy Unit are running a study on the long-term issues facing London.Click here for more info.
Policy Defeat Puts F.C.C. Chief in Awkward SpotMaking regulators more democratically accountable is a familar topic in the British regulation debate. But the American experience perhaps counsels against politicisation as a panacea for better accountability."...having failed this week to achieve the thorough deregulation of the local telephone business that he sought, the question now is whether Mr. Powell has the political influence to push through the deregulation of the media industry....
This NY Times article provides some interesting insights into an American (and especially a Bush administration) perspective on regulation."Many of these policies are being put into effect not by changing laws but through the less visible realm of regulation. Mr. Bush and his senior advisers say they are demonstrating that it is possible to have the best of two worlds, that "strong economic growth and strong environmental protection go hand in hand," as a White House report put...