Peter Bradwell
Researcher
Peter Bradwell is a researcher at Demos. He is interested in the ways that information and knowledge is shared between people, and between people and government...
- BE A PODCAST Vol. 2, ep. 1: Tim Drake How to Make a Difference – Tim DrakeTim Drake is an entrepreneur, speaker and writer. He set up Cobra sports in the 1980s and has recently published a book called “I want to make a difference”. In this cast he argues that the falling price of material goods and an increasing awareness of problems around us, are leading many people to want to “make a difference” to the lives of people around them.He argues the people who are best placed to do this, are those who,... continue reading on 21st February 2007 in Demos Podcasts
- Look Into My Ideas Podcast On 8th February we held the Look Into My Ideas event with the Hayward Gallery. The event was a real success; the exciting atmosphere of a spacious gallery spiced by a succession of meaningful, constructive conversations about peoples' ideas. We've put together a podcast from the event; a partial audio record of what happened, why people were there and what... continue reading on 14th February 2007 in Demos Podcasts
- Whose House? The 'open access' crowd - those loosely connected fellows who care about how easy it is to get hold of 'official' information - have been getting hot under the collar these past months over some really damaging proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act. And why not - the attitude from government towards public debate about such important changes has been pretty poor.But from seemingly nowhere this private members bill has trotted into play. It's aim is to exempt an MPs correspondence... continue reading on 31st January 2007 Comments (4)
- BE A PODCAST Vol 1. Ep 2: Anamaria Wills Anamaria Wills is the Chief Executive of the Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA) which she set up in 2000 to provide artists and creative entrepreneurs with professional development and business support. In this podcast she talks about what distinguishes Creative Entrepreneurs from normal entrepreneurs and how many of our institutions aren’t configured to support them... continue reading on 29th January 2007 in Demos Podcasts
- BE A PODCAST Vol 1. Ep 3: Mark Irving Mark Irving is a journalist and broadcaster who recently completed an MA dissertation on 'The Art of Creative Management' at City University. Based on research at some of Britain's top art galleries, including Tate Britain and the Serpentine, Mark looks at approaches for how galleries can harness the collective intelligence of all their employees to produce better work. continue reading on 29th January 2007 in Demos Podcasts
- BE A PODCAST During November we asked subscribers to the Demos update if they would like to share an idea in a Demos podcast. Basically the deal is that you talk to us, and we’ll edit it down and give it back in five easily digestible minutes. Here's the first batch... continue reading on 29th January 2007 in Demos Podcasts
- Helping change happen We are about to launch the report Future Planners: Propositions for the next age of planning. You can download an executive summary diagram here. In Future Planners we argue that for the changes to, and maintenance of, our places to be sustainable and democratically legitimate, planning professionals will be increasingly important. That's because of changes in how we live and how we infuence the world around us which are altering the context within which planning operates... continue reading on 25th January 2007
- News from Westminster Brian Haw is the possibly heroic megaphone-clenching peace protestor whose lone vigil outside the gates of Parliament has lasted over five and a half years. That's a long time to hold a protest for. According to Indymedia, on Monday, following the latest attempt to remove him or limit what he can do and display, he successfully had the case against him (that he breached the conditions placed on his demonstration) dropped. There's a BBC story about it here.These hijinks stem from the SOCPA... continue reading on 24th January 2007 Comments (1)
- Good transparency cop, bad transparency cop At the risk of becoming a bit of a one trick blog pony, I picked up today on yet more government information developments. This is the exciting news that the Statute Law Database - a sort of bank of UK legislation - is avaliable free online. Pretty good news. But I'm pretty sceptical about generalising about the government's approach to information at the moment. continue reading on 12th January 2007
- The real meaning of christmas, I mean FOI "On 16 October 2006 the Department for Constitutional Affairs published the independent review of the impact of the Freedom of Information Act." Or so the DCA's new consultation paper on proposed changes to the FOI Act claims. They undeniably published a review. Claiming that it's a review of the impact, however, feels a little like an expansion of the truth consistent with festive levels of generosity. The review, by Frontier Economics, looked at the cost - and solutions for saving money... continue reading on 21st December 2006