
Cliff Hague
What price education?
With politicians asking questions about the value of higher education, and some universities fearing financial ruin as a result of Covid-19, time to revisit one of my 2002 columns for Planning.
The future of our urban parks and greenspaces
Unfilled posts and poorly targeted employment initiatives
My column in Planning in 1987, has a contemporary feel in 2020 as issues of mass unemployment and Council cuts come to the fore once again.
Participation?
How to have your say in the planning system.
Parks, Heritage and the Future of Cities: my talks next week
A busy week ahead. I have a number of online events coming up, which may be of interest to followers of this website.
The Square: the guilt and fragility of a comfortable urban life
The film The Square is about more than the excesses of contemporary art. It explores the conditions on which people are able to live in cities.
Bait movie - Nautical gentrification
The British film Bait, released in 2019, should be of interest to planners and urbanists internationally for the issues it raises about community and economic development.
Amsterdam and AESOP 1987 (Part 2)
Local history and a trip to a Planning Committee meeting. The second part of my Diary as published in Planning on 11 December 1987.
Amsterdam, Formation of AESOP and a trip to a Planning Committee
My "Diary" article in 1987 records the formation of the Association of European Schools of Planning, AND of the Scottish Torquay United Supporters Club (which has not proved as long-lasting).
Lord of the (Pineapple) Rings
In a week when my term of office as President of the Royal Town Planning Institute came to a close, I also faced being made redundant.