Simply not good enough: the manifestos and physical activity
Update, 9 June 2017: Well, who would have guessed that omitting the DUP manifesto would be such a miscalculation? Here is what you need....
The Cuban enigma: (fresh) air, obesity and happiness
I am recently back from Cuba – a country I've always wanted to visit. Despite ostensibly there as a tourist on a cycling holiday, I...
A manifesto priority? It should be...
Dear politicians, It's that time again! time to dust off priorities old and new, and polish them up to make them as attractive as...
I seem to be the international face of London cycling…
At the weekend, Living Streets held a summit in London on the need to get people walking (and keep them walking), which alas I wasn't...
Mixing it up: cycling and public transport
Dithering about whether to cycle or take the train to a series of meetings in London tomorrow, I have a couple of ways to work out my...
Taking on the ‘social silence’ of climate change
Book review: Adam Corner and Jamie Clarke, Talking Climate: From Research to Practice in Public Engagement (2017, Palgrave Macmillan). A...
Bringing together health, cities and design
Sometimes, great thinking really does begin with a moment of Damascene clarity. Paediatrician Richard Jackson – today one of the leading...
Place - as children see it
Following on from my blog about the arts, health and place, I was delighted to come across these lovely posters, designed by local...
The arts, health, and why place matters
My life (like my website) is bifurcated into ‘health’ and ‘singing’, with today a rare occasion for the two to come together: an...
Whose Resolution?
Rule #1 of blogging on health on 1 January: talk about New Year’s Resolutions. Public Health England got ahead of the game this year,...
