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…and where do we find these otherwise buried reports? (Because the transport emissions from village dwellers in a ‘do nothing’ scenario’ for 2030 are frightening). For me, the most useful thing non-party-political activists can do in elections is to encourage people to get in touch with the candidates standing for election where they live andContinue reading “What are the in-depth and long term issues we can debate for the local elections?”

The announcement by the University of Cambridge that it is creating a Centre for Music Performance [see the press release here] is the perfect opportunity to deliver on a much-needed civic and municipal masterpiece that has been the subject of public debate since the 1960s. See also the petition here to the University of CambridgeContinue reading “The time for Cambridge’s new large concert hall has arrived”

You can have a look at their new document here. You can have a look at the original 2020 Vision document from the early 2000s here. The people behind the Cambridge Biomedical Campus must fund a proper evaluation of their original document and the aims/objectives within it. After all, there is room for improvement whenContinue reading “A new vision for the Cambridge Biomedical Campus – but what of the old vision?”

Our fountain in Market Square is looking unloved these days. In fact, it has been looking like that for decades. This was one proposal from 1995 to improve it. Recognise the artist? This week is the last week of council meetings before councillors and activists head off for the local election campaigns. One of theContinue reading “The Cambridge Market Square ‘Concept Design’”

We’ve not had much news of late, but with elections coming up, time to switch on the spotlight once again? You can read the article from the Cambridge Independent of 14 April 2020 here. If you are interested, Mike Scialom of the Cambridge Independent has pointed people to studio [@] bcr-infinityarchitects.co.uk. Personally I’d like toContinue reading “Cambridge Great Park – which politicians will back it in their 2021 manifestos?”

And the decisions by police commanders at Clapham Common a couple of days ago ended up amplifying a very noisy alarm bell around the right to protest – something that has led to further spontaneous street protests despite lockdown – which is in the process of slowly lifting. You can read the Police, Crime, SentencingContinue reading “A decade of austerity makes the Home Secretary’s controversial Policing Bill harder to deliver on. Plus the county climate report”

For those of you that follow football locally, Cambridge United FC are doing quite well – with more than a good chance of promotion to League 1 of the Football League. And just before lockdown, plans for a new stadium near Teversham and Bottisham were announced. In my early years of secondary school in theContinue reading “Improve transport access to Cambridge United Football Club – or build a new stadium elsewhere on the edge of town”

Image: Opening of the Romsey Labour Club, 10 Oct 1928, Cambridgeshire Collection You can read the Mill Road History Society’s building report here Last we heard it was taken off the market. It was the subject of a hotly-contested planning application which the property owner ultimately won. …hence writing a blogpost titled: £3million price tagContinue reading “The Romsey Labour Club – what’s going to happen to it? Another empty unused former community building still lies empty”

It’s not just me that’s saying it, but expensive, in depth, independent reports for the North East Cambridge redevelopment of the Cambridge Waterworks Site. You can read the in-depth report by consultants LDA Design here. At 142 pages long, and really needs to be at least browsed through if not read in detail by aContinue reading “Greater Cambridge is failing its young people. The 2021 elections must result in a substantial collective response”