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Place, Politics and the Piece Hall
Episode 69
When Sam Stafford saw that Create Streets and Onward were bringing their 'Restitch' conference to Halifax's Piece Hall, his favourite building, he co…
3 years, 11 months ago
Three Things (or 'The 50 Shades Manifesto For Sensible Planning Reform')
Episode 68
Regular 50 Shades Listeners will know that Sam Stafford recently had dinner with a DLUHC Minister. The conversation during dessert turned, with a set…
4 years ago
Leading From The Front
Episode 67
‘Is there a local authority staffing crisis', Sam Stafford asked Catriona Riddell, Peter Geraghty and Paul Brocklehurst in Episode 60. That episode,…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hitting the High Notes - Pete Swift
Episode 66
Hitting The High Notes is town planning’s equivalent of Desert Island Discs. In these episodes Sam Stafford chats to preeminent figures in the planni…
4 years, 1 month ago
Call for Evidence - Three Things
Episode 65
Sam Stafford's Twitter friends might have spotted that he had dinner with a DLUHC Minister last week. The conversation during dessert turned, with a …
4 years, 2 months ago
Think Differently
Episode 64
When we think of diversity, and the awareness and inclusion in public life of people of different identities, we perhaps instinctively think of ethni…
4 years, 2 months ago
No Little Plans
Episode 63
Is planning for America anathema to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness? Is it true, as ideologues like Friedrich Von Hayek, Milton Friedman a…
4 years, 2 months ago
An Amassing of Think Tanks
Episode 62
Who are the people and the organisations that have had the most influence over planning during the past couple of years?
One could make a case for Ja…
4 years, 3 months ago
Hitting the High Notes - Wayne Hemingway
Episode 61
Hitting The High Notes is town planning’s equivalent of Desert Island Discs. In these episodes Sam Stafford chats to preeminent figures in the planni…
4 years, 4 months ago
Life on the Front Line
Episode 60
"Are you planning a 50 Shades on the local authority staffing crisis?"
Sam Stafford usually likes it when people get in touch with him to suggest top…
4 years, 4 months ago