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Call for Evidence - Life on the Front Line
Episode 56
"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, 10 months ago
The Only Constant is Change
Episode 55
Sam Stafford gets back to 50 Shades basics and enjoys in this episode a gently meandering conversation with some of his friends about planning.
Sam c…
4 years, 10 months ago
Call for Evidence - Britain's Best and Worst Streets
Episode 55
Episode 56 will be alone soon, but, in the meantime, Sam Stafford would appreciate your help with preparations for a future episode that he has in mi…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Coastal Path
Episode 54
The Chief Medical Officer, in their annual report, presents to Government information or ‘surveillance’ about the health of England’s population, off…
4 years, 11 months ago
Doing Someone's Bidding
Episode 53
"We appreciate that these funds bring challenges to local councils and we want to ensure there are fewer competitions in the future and more consolid…
5 years ago
A Fairway to Solve the Housing Crisis
Episode 52
This episode explores two crises, one of which is a very public one and the other a more private one. There is a housing crisis. Millions of people l…
5 years ago
Hitting the High Notes - Paul Barnard
Episode 51
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…
5 years, 1 month ago
Our Friends in the North - Part 2
Episode 50
This is the second of two 50 Shades episodes that Stephen Gleave has put together. Stephen is an urban designer and town planner and has been based i…
5 years, 1 month ago
Our Friends in the North - Part 1
Episode 49
For both this episode and the next one Sam Stafford hands over the 50 Shades reins to Stephen Gleave. Stephen is an urban designer and town planner a…
5 years, 1 month ago
Where Are We Now?
Episode 48
'Where are we now?' asks Sam Stafford in this episode not in the manner of an exasperated child in the back of a hot car staring out at a traffic jam…
5 years, 2 months ago