There's only one team in Glasgow/One team in Glasgow/One team in Gla-a-a-sgow/There's only one team in Gla-a-a-sgow. Fellow foot soldiers in Partick Thistle's red and yellow army will readily recognise this somewhat monotonous ditty that rings out from th
Ordinary Glaswegians have an unease' about the way the city is promoting itself, a groundbreaking report says today.
Britain's urban renaissance is being held back by a imagination deficit that could be relieved with greater community involvement, writes Melissa Mean
Poorer parts of Scotland's largest city have been left behind by major regeneration projects, according to a new report.
According to a damning new report published today by an influential think-tank, Glasgow has become a tale of two cities where affluence and poverty too often sit side by side. According to the report by Demos, Glasgow City Council has put architectural pr
TEENAGE mothers are sterilised. Neds on Asbos are named and shamed on the nightly news. Neighbours from hell are evicted, Big Brother-style, by mobile phone vote. Welcome to Glasgow in 2020. Or at least as some of the city's citizens imagine it. This i
Civic leaders in Glasgow were last night accused of running out of ideas by a report they helped to fund. Demos, a London-based think-tank, said the city's council and other authorities had left whole communities and neighbourhoods behind as they chase
Forging a future from the old ashes
We need to monitor the attitudes of users - the 'self-advertisers' - in more depth to see if they are truly more open and less private than previous generations. The initial evidence is that they still have an innate sense of privacy. If so, social networ
Demos, a leading think tank in London, conducted a study entitled Atlas of Ideas (January 2007), which found that Asian countries such as India, China and South Korea have developed spectacular capacities for excellence in these areas and are positioned t
New Demos research finds strong feelings of resentment and alienation from Muslim Communities
Monday 23rd October 2006, 6pm – 8pm Central Hall, Westminster
Following the departure of Madeleine Bunting, the think tank Demos has promoted Dr Catherine Fieschi to the post of Acting Director. Having previously been Demos’ Head of Research, Catherine will carry forward Demos’ intellectual agenda in the months a
Madeleine Bunting has decided to resign as Director of Demos. Since it has emerged that her vision for Demos is incompatible with that of the trustees, she has decided to focus on her interests as a writer and a thinker at this point in her career. She wi
Responding to his speech today on security and freedom, Demos called on the Home Secretary to make real his pledge to allow all sections of society to play a greater role in delivering security.
New mission will add up economic and social benefits of space and create first long-term strategy for British space programme
Pressure from global movement of people will increase while attempts to tighten controls may actually reduce national security
Children have become ‘invisible citizens’ whose lives are increasingly controlled by over-protective adults
Community-based organisations can’t tackle social exclusion if they are ‘instruments of government policy’